Every so often, something quietly reconnects us with a distant version of ourselves, and for a moment the distance disappears.
Something triggers a memory and suddenly, it is tangibly clear, right in front of us.
There is a jolt of recognition that arrives before words do.
Those moments are what I find myself returning to in my paintings.
These paintings begin with ordinary objects, but they are not really about the objects themselves. They are about the moments they awaken in us. The quiet certainty that something almost forgotten can still have the power to stop us in our tracks
Sometimes we choose a painting because it suits a room, but every so often we choose one because it quietly resonates with who we are.
A painting you live with every day can become a quiet companion.
One of my collectors wrote something that has stayed with me.
“She produces extraordinary compositions with a delicate and serene attention to detail. I look at her painting every day, and it always provides me with a moment of calm and contentment.”
I return to those words often because they describe something I hope every painting offers.
Recognition may be what first catches our eye but what keeps us looking is something quieter.
Sometimes paintings become part of the rhythm of everyday life. Not demanding attention, but quietly deserving it.
That is when the art we choose to live with become the quiet companions of everyday life.
