I am fascinated by how memories affect our thoughts and emotional responses. My work explores the psychological space between ideas and memory. I consider each piece to be a fragment of thought – connected, disconnected, entangled, and attached to other thoughts and emotions.

Using multiple layers of various materials to express the complex thought-memory connection, I combine delicate handmade papers, old drawings, and three-dimensional objects with gold threads, deep earth-toned oils and metallic pigments. As I work with these materials, I focus on the ways patterns interact throughout the layering process until suddenly the image in front of me comes to life. My thinking now has visual form. The result is a richly textured surface that symbolizes the way in which our thoughts, memories and emotions are connected and intertwined.