Artist Statement

Brillante

Crescendo

Cadenza (Sold)

Glissando

Leggiero

Scherzando

Grandioso (Sold)

Deciso

Con Moto

Staccato

Legato

Accelerando (Sold)

Diminuendo

Tremolo

Pizzicato

Rubato (Sold)

Improvisato

Ossia (Sold)

Marcato

Martellato (Sold)

Artist Statement
“To become like music,” German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer once said, “is the aim of every art.”

I am a visual artist but I grew up with a strong love for music. While learning to play the piano, I discovered George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. I loved how it stirred up so many of my emotions at the same time. I felt empowered by the strong trumpets, calmed by the gentle clarinets, and enlivened by the energetic piano.

From that moment on I was determined to play the piece on the piano. The practice frustrated me at times, and exhilarated me at others, but after two years I could finally play it to my satisfaction. It fulfilled me to know that I could recreate some of the same emotions of the song whenever I wanted.

I now try to create artwork that stirs similar emotions within me, and within my viewers. Drawing on Expressionist artist Wassily Kandinsky’s work with similar themes, I use colors and abstract shapes to recreate some of the same emotions one feels when listening to music.

Those viewing these pieces should not ask themselves, “what is represented?” Rather, they should ask, “what emotions do I feel?” Working from that feeling, it is my hope that the viewer will take a closer look at each painting and discover how its different aspects—color, shape, and composition—contribute to their overall feeling, much like aspects of music—rhythm, tempo, and instrumentation—would contribute to similar feelings.