Painting provides me with a place to let my
emotions flow honestly and fully from me. When I'm present and allow myself to slow down, I notice colors
in nature that bring me into that moment and I'm clearer on what I feel and how
to let go of it. The paintings become a meditation for me. I explore what the
paint wants to do and I layer the emotions that flow from me. Every layer of
paint is associated with a layer of myself and every color has a specific
meaning to me. I was told that my paintings resemble beauty too much for how
much pain goes onto the canvas. This is the whole purpose though. The release
of pain is beautiful and when you let go of it and move into a more positive
place in your self, then the reflection of beauty could be what you end up
with. I don't want to look at my paintings and be reminded of negativity, I
want to remember that I am free from it now. If someone else were to look at my
paintings and feel pain that doesn't belong to them then I would be creating more
negativity rather than adding positivity to the world.
