Couch Odyssey (2025)
Couch Odyssey is a creative journey exploring new content and perspectives. In these works, I am largely uninhibited by my own expectations of myself and the expectations generated by my past work.
Couches and armchairs, interiors and floors, are ordinary, everyday physical objects most often associated with shared interior spaces, domesticity, leisure, rest and style. I experience sheer joy when experimenting with ideas and subjects which, on the surface, seem simple. There is a blend of past and present influences -- mid-century modern, the 1960’s and 1970’s -- the period in which I was raised. After this, my couches and interiors take on a life of their own.
There is great freedom in having no agenda, no goal in mind, other than to be led by my intuition. I can just “be”. Authentic creativity accepts that the intellect is a poor guide and a fragile bedfellow. Instead, Soul is awakened and nourished in the presence of the ordinary, and by what is “true”. With the freedom to respond to whatever the heart desires, to fully explore my range and depth as an artist without fear of consequences, I encounter the sacred in work and life.
Couch and Groove (2025), 15 1/2 x 14 inches, oil on hardboard
Wild Shag (2025), 19 3/4 x 16 inches, oil on hardboard
Luxe Lounge (2025), 12 x 12 inches, oil on hardboard
Mother-In-Law’s-Tongue (2025), 11 ¼ x 10 inches, oil on hardboard