For me the purpose of art making goes beyond the delight in color and form to a deeper task of self-exploration and integration. As an artist I can synthesize the mind and the emotions and use my skills to give visible form to this process. I want to develop work that can bridge the apparent gaps in the art world between technical brilliance (body), artistic formalism (mind), and expressionism (feeling).

I see myself as one of many artists working in a medium that was once considered only a craft, and women's craft at that. I struggle to use all the basic tools of art and design theory, but I express myself with fabric rather than pigment on canvas. I make images that would be next to impossible to create with paint, but can be quite easily accomplished using the techniques natural to cloth of cutting apart and reconnecting with thread. I chose cloth as a medium because I like the collage apect of designing with fabric; I like selecting from available color rather than mixing paints; and I love the tactile pleasure of handling cloth. By modulating color as I use the same technique to design a quilt, I create work that may be bold and intense, or can be delicate and softly tinted.