Artist's statement

My work is neither figurative nor abstract, rather I see it as a metaphor for experience. We all have collective memory, as well as highly individual thoughts and associations.
The statements embodied in my work come ultimately from a place that I believe is present in all of us - a central core or spiritual store-house unique to each of us.

I work with a variety of materials, including powdered gesso, cold wax, dry-wall compound, acrylic medium, marble dust and oils.
I build my surfaces onto canvas, after making sketches, notes and diagrams which can be found in my sketch-books, on scraps of paper, and scrawled on the walls of my studio.
I then continue the process of realizing my initial idea - my subjective response - by adding more layers, some comprised of pigment, all the while refining and continuing to build up the image, while introducing ink, graphite and oil sticks.

Although primarily non-representational, my work is influenced by landscape and architectural symbols, and our relationship to these factors. I attempt to expose the beauty hidden in the so-called mundanity of everyday life.
 I have lived in several countries and have enjoyed the stimulation of travel as well as that of different environments.
I grew up in Israel and South Africa, where I did my schooling and received a BA in Fine Arts. I then spent time traveling and studying art in Italy (a scholarship I was awarded as a merit of excellence from the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg).
In the UK I pursued a double master’s degree in Fine Art and Art Therapy at the University of London, Goldsmiths, England.
Following my time in London, I moved to New York where I attended the Art Students League, and worked on printmaking.
After several years in Manhattan, I moved to a university town in the Midwest, where I live on a lake with my husband, a ceramic artist and our menagerie of animals.

My work is represented in public and private international, as well as national collections.

Public collections in which my work can be found include the Oxfordshire Council, Oxford, England; Studio Ten, London, England; Jacoby Architectural, Toronto, Canada; PNC Bank, New York, NY; Merrill Lynch, New York, NY; Manchester College, Manchester, IN; Chicago Equity Partners, Chicago, IL; Salton Inc, Lake forest, IL, Glenview Trust, Louisville, KY; Marchfirst, Milwaukee, WI; Clarian Health, Indianapolis, IN; to name a few. A complete list can be found when viewing my resume.