Having been raised in a religious environment, I have long been influenced by medival bible illuminations, stained glass windows and the mystical aspect of life. The inner self is the more active one, operating alongside of the outer and even while we sleep. It converses with itself, it responds to neurons with lightning speed, it creates our fanasies and our nightmares. This is a seperate reality, a vast terrain where our most uninhibited self rules. In fairy tales, he forest represents this wild and dangerous arena where anything can happen, anything is plausible.
Animals can speaks in human tongue, witches and monsters exist and spirits take various forms.
These were life lessons with serious themes, such as, sex,menstruation and moral codes of behavior. The protagonist and antagonist were raw interpretations of our natural duality. The narratives in my work are often set in forest as well where the trees serve a dual purpose. Looming figures become additional spectators. These enigmtic images erupt in the surrealistic spirit directly on my block or paper, allowing for an unfettered tranlation of subconscious thought.