This year marks the 10 year anniversary of my artist's residency at the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi. I love looking deeply into memories of color to find the hues that vibrate and resonate to create a particular emotional tone in my work. The visual environment of the swamp and the impression it made on me continues to inspire me in the studio, and I've been working on paintings to the theme of "Sunrise in the Swamp."
"Swamp Shimmer," is a modular painting that I made based on my firsthand experience of observing consecutive sunrises in the swamp as an artist in residency in Mississippi, and was created in New York from 2015 to 2018. Each painting is made in oil on a 24" x 18" panel, and this iteration is comprised of sixteen panels that, when put together, create a 96" x 72" modular painting. This painting was presented at Pulse Art Fair in Miami Beach in 2018 with Project: ArtSpace, NY.