Artists Statement 2: Walls and doors

At any given time in our lives there are walls and doors. Sometimes walls provide protection and refuge. They can be shelter offering comfort and support. Sometimes these walls crowd us in smothering us. Sometimes they overwhelm us, making us feel as if they could cave in at anytime. Other times they crumble around us.

Where there are walls there are also doors. doors taking us from where we've been to where we're going. Whether they are difficult or easy to travel through, they are always there despite our inability to see them.

In this collection of paintings I have simplified the landscape of life into these two symbols: Walls and doors. These pieces illustrate the restraints our lives put on us and our incapability to see the possibilities that exist beyond our present state.