For the last two decades, my focus as an artist has been not only to grow my tapestry techniques but expand my research of this craft and the issues I've felt compelled to cover. I have attempted to create work that exudes a sense of movement, vibrance, and familiarity, particularly as it depicts urban life in the San Francisco Bay Area. Although my work has addressed relevant global and local topics, I have always, in different ways, referenced my San Francisco and East Bay origins. My translations in tapestry have all been informed by beautiful, sometimes heavy environments.
My practice has been to record urban narratives through woven and shaped, mixed-media tapestries, and create them on large 4-harness floor looms. The visual translation of thought and memory, on and off the woven grid, often helps usher in a renegotiation of my past and has become the rawest and most intuitive voice I've ever had. I was self-taught before YouTube and knew very few rules when I began. I have therefore learned through trial and error. This has allowed me the freedom to develop techniques and shape my work the way I envision it. I use a pulled-warp technique to shape my work and create slit-tapestry to disjoint the surface throughout most of my tapestry’s landscapes. I use hand-dyed natural materials like wool, silk, cotton, and linen because of their luster. I’ll also source and incorporate unconventional, and re-used/purposed manufactured materials because we live in an even more plastic world than we did yesterday and I create what I see.