Artist Statement: I am an abstract painter based in Peoria IL. I love using my time in the studio to explore the truest versions of myself and hope that doing so will spark a connection for my viewers! I am fascinated by the ever-changing, yet cyclical nature of being human! I am amazed by the layers we have, the pasts that have conditioned us and the cyclical lenses that we see ourselves and the world through. We are all like little onions, constantly discovering and revealing new layers of ourselves over time. It excites me to find parallels to this in my painting process. My paintings reveal themselves to me, layer by layer, with so many opportunities for happy mistakes, surprise reactions, or, in some cases, wrong turns to recover from. I enjoy the improvisational roller-coaster of abstract painting. It has strengthened my ability to make choices that are guided by my intuition and create from a place of my own. I love that artwork offers the viewer a similar experience of reacting from a place of their own and adding elements of those reflections in their home through a piece that they connect with.