 
I paint because it allows me to sense the ecstatic pulse of
magic moving through me. The Universe inspires me with visions
to create images that help me to express emotion in a profoundly
fulfilling way, to process my experiences, and make sense of
my life and this world. There is no feeling more satisfying
than the completion of a piece, but deep, true love.
The last years for me have been all about growing up and healing,
coming to really know myself. Painting has been a major element
in my processing of life. I haven't taken any formal schooling
in art, but rather I've spent much time living and breathing
painting. A lot of my subject matter is about woman being,
mystical animals, symbols for healing, and witnessing Mother
Earth. More and more recently, I find myself full of pregnant
woman images. The miracle of everything about birth so amazes
me.
 When I was having my baby, my midwife was looking at my artwork
and told me how women she knew, other midwives, would love
my work... this was a great epiphany for me. I've been compelled
to paint big, colorful, woman-goddess images for years. But
I'd been feeling confused and discouraged about creating art
when I'd spoken to galleries and been told my work was too
'challenging.' I tried to paint pieces that would 'appeal'
to my potential buyer. This work had no spirit because it came
from my head rather than out of passion. So I abandoned hope
in the art world, and defiantly continued painting what I wanted
for myself. I still secretly believed there was a niche for
my work somewhere, I just hadn't found it yet. When I decided
to have a baby, it all became clear. Welcome to Earthly Images!
My work isn't all pregnant woman stuff, but there is definitely
an appeal towards fertility and motherhood. The whole miracle
of creation and the birthing process is just so wonderful.
I love to paint big, beautiful mother figures, round pregnant
bodies bathed in luminous color. I've been looking around to
see someone else's perspective on the magnificence of pregnancy,
but I've found very few images. I just think the pregnant woman
is sooo beautiful and amazing, yet I know we don't always feel
beautiful and amazing while we are pregnant. And I find it
interesting that there are so few inspiring images of beautiful
pregnant women that we can look to and appreciate, identify
with, and see a reflection of our own radiance mirrored back
to us. It's almost as if to give attention to the deeper power
of pregnant women is taboo or something. Is it? Or maybe it's
that pregnant women and new babies are so common that this
magical happening has lost its sacredness in our world, as
we forget the sacredness of one another and ourselves - each
of us a miracle. I celebrate and honour this state of woman
being and revere the great power and mystery of birth, and
life, with my work.
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