Artist Statement

The best source on our cultural identity is not the official, historical record, it’s the town dump.

I appreciate the ephemeral and normalized aspects of our daily visual world as clues to how we think and move within a time and place. 

By engaging with the commonplace and the local, I attempt to surface overlooked but significant points of reference buried deep within our consciousness in search of the aspects that might be part of our collective memory when we look back.

My technically intentional processes with fabric highlight the qualities of unconventional materials and traditional craft techniques, reimaging them through innovative use and experimentation. 

I copy, morph, intertwine, overlap, and connect patterns, color, and abstracted shapes, allowing my Dutch frame of reference to connect with craft techniques and iconography from America in my fabric paintings and sculptures.

Within my work, I hope to highlight the often intangible nature of change and create a deeper understanding of our shared visual reality by stimulating curiosity and intentional observation of our present time and place.