Artist Statement
As a designer and artist, I gravitate towards patterned textiles, traditional crafts and colorful folk art from around the world. My work is often influenced by my travels as I am passionate about exploring countries I’ve never been to and experiencing different cultures. If our society and government did not mandate us to be citizens of one country, I would sign up for global citizenship and my passport would say “Universe.”
I am fascinated with people, different languages, and various ways of living. Being multicultural myself, the most foreign thing to me is having only lived in one place, speaking one language, and knowing only one culture my entire life. I believe anyone can do all they want in this lifetime, even if that means starting a new career mid-life or moving to another country and transforming our ways of living. With my recent transition from a career in fashion design to art education, my current works reflect my mindset and philosophy as a teacher and as a mother. When creating my art I question, “What inspires me that could also inspire and encourage my students, my own children, and their views of the world?”
Currently, I create art digitally and find new life in drawing with a digital pencil, paintbrush and tablet. I am eco-conscious and find it important to waste less and working digitally has enabled me to explore many sketch ideas and rough drafts without having to waste paper. Computer assisted drawing is something I picked up in my years working in the fashion industry. Sketching digitally can be a fast way to draw, color concepts and create various options to see complete visuals of ideas while saving valuable time in a professional setting-- or in the world today, where any one’s time has become as valuable as money.
I have always been drawn towards warm colors and use saturated bright colors such as electric coral juxtaposed to earthy tones such as ochre and nutmeg. One of my favorite artworks is “White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose), 1950” by Mark Rothko and I find myself referencing this color palette subconsciously. My use of color is also intentional in tune with the psychology of color—for example, red representing excitement and energy or yellow symbolizing optimism and clarity. Calligraphy and lettering are also something I often incorporate in my latest works as an evolution from my interest in graffiti art and handwriting a lot of snail mail in my youth.
Being an avid lifelong learner is what moves me to be a great teacher. Not only am I passionate about teaching and supporting others with my knowledge and experience-- I bring my love for learning new art techniques and about different artists across the globe to engage with students and learn from them and alongside them.
I am fascinated with people, different languages, and various ways of living. Being multicultural myself, the most foreign thing to me is having only lived in one place, speaking one language, and knowing only one culture my entire life. I believe anyone can do all they want in this lifetime, even if that means starting a new career mid-life or moving to another country and transforming our ways of living. With my recent transition from a career in fashion design to art education, my current works reflect my mindset and philosophy as a teacher and as a mother. When creating my art I question, “What inspires me that could also inspire and encourage my students, my own children, and their views of the world?”
Currently, I create art digitally and find new life in drawing with a digital pencil, paintbrush and tablet. I am eco-conscious and find it important to waste less and working digitally has enabled me to explore many sketch ideas and rough drafts without having to waste paper. Computer assisted drawing is something I picked up in my years working in the fashion industry. Sketching digitally can be a fast way to draw, color concepts and create various options to see complete visuals of ideas while saving valuable time in a professional setting-- or in the world today, where any one’s time has become as valuable as money.
I have always been drawn towards warm colors and use saturated bright colors such as electric coral juxtaposed to earthy tones such as ochre and nutmeg. One of my favorite artworks is “White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose), 1950” by Mark Rothko and I find myself referencing this color palette subconsciously. My use of color is also intentional in tune with the psychology of color—for example, red representing excitement and energy or yellow symbolizing optimism and clarity. Calligraphy and lettering are also something I often incorporate in my latest works as an evolution from my interest in graffiti art and handwriting a lot of snail mail in my youth.
Being an avid lifelong learner is what moves me to be a great teacher. Not only am I passionate about teaching and supporting others with my knowledge and experience-- I bring my love for learning new art techniques and about different artists across the globe to engage with students and learn from them and alongside them.