Statement

We exist in the unifying flows of impermanence between lives, deaths, beginnings, ends, presence, emptiness, distance, connection, hope, and hopelessness. My artworks flow from my changing awareness of the Buddhist teaching “In the present moment lies freedom” which informs my motto "Swim to my dream and freedom from my mind".

A unifying beauty is represented in her pieces by incorporating the technique of pouring acrylic sheets to form swimming sea creatures and integrating: mountains, clouds, birds into seascapes, aquatic life into skyscapes. These elements create a mythical world where qualities of realism, and surrealism are juxtaposed in life’s multi-dimensionality.

A lexicon of personal symbols with cultural meaning and significance inhabits these works. Water representing oneness and connection; Chinese characters’ shaped corals express the insight of the Sūtra on Heart and Eight Realizations of Great Beings; my personally significant symbol for the experience of freedom and suffering are expressed by jellyfishes and puffer fish accordingly.

Artworks are the performance of a world that allows one to escape from our current reality in exchange for living with hope in a fantasy that offers reprieve, while reminding us that there are always possibilities, connection, potential in the now, however bleak our current circumstances maybe. Early works is a call for all of us to become more aware of the precious and vital ecosystems that embraces us; to value; to acknowledge; to let go; to accept, and finally, to join the harmony between the universes within and outside of us.