Opening Reception

Friday, March 20, 7-9 pm

Artist Statement

Art is my purpose. I approach painting as a form of spiritual alchemy — an immersion into a liminal, dreamlike state where ego softens and something deeper can emerge. Through this process, I seek to bring forward love, beauty, and hope. I believe in the arts as an essential service to humanity, and this work is my offering.

This series (2024–2026) began with a question: What happens when predictable systems descend into chaos? I imagined wallpaper — a symbol of order, repetition, and domestic stability — losing its pattern as it becomes overtaken by disruptive forces. Mice emerged as central figures: omens, survivors, prey, escapees seeking freedom. They embody both vulnerability and persistence.

At the same time, I took six feral cats into my home — refugees and predators negotiating domestication. Their presence informed the emotional undercurrent of the work. My daily rituals — walking my dog at sunrise, tending my garden, caring for these animals — ground the paintings in lived experience. The domestic space becomes a site where order and instinct coexist in tension.

While my earlier work emphasized balance and symmetry, this body of paintings embraces instability. Patterns tangle and fracture. Compositions shift off-center. Harmony gives way to movement and disruption.

This is my first all-painting exhibition since 2007. Returning to the medium required humility and relearning. In that process, I rediscovered a more instinctual relationship to paint — like a feral artist reacquainting herself with her material.

All My Monkeys Are Cats is a meditation on chaos, care, survival, and the fragile structures we inhabit.

Exhibition runs through April 18, 2026