I mostly work in oil media for my larger pieces and layered resin for my smaller pieces.

For my large pieces, I will use a combination of materials including oil, cold wax, metallic media, drawing media like oil crayons and oil sticks, and even paper or collage backgrounds. In addition to brushes, I love using anything that can give me an interesting texture - rollers, squeegees, pieces of cardboard, cheap torn hardware store brushes, wire brushes meant for charcoal grills, and sometimes even my own gloved hand.

For my smaller resin pieces, I will layer up to 12 layers of archival fine art resin with collage materials, drawings, paintings, colored pencil, inks, resin dyes, or anything else that strikes my fancy! By sanding each layer in between I can use pretty much any medium I choose, but the catch is that I can barely see the layers underneath. This means that each time I pour another layer of resin the painting is a new surprise.

A huge focus in the way I choose to combine media for each piece is to give a sense of movement and interactivity. Abstract application gives the painting a sense of emergence, and the layered media and metallics will seem to shift in color and the light will reflect differently as the viewer walks by. Pieces that hang in a home will take on a slightly different character all day long as the light in the room changes, so that a pieces becomes a living element in the environment like a mirror or a glass sculpture.

My work, no matter the size, is all about the interplay between harmonious colors and rich textures and patterns.