A line both creates a boundary between areas and connects them. Contour line specifies and informs our brain where an object ends. By putting down a line I feel I am both describing the division between me and the painting subject, and connecting with it.

For this painting series, I have invited several people to model for me who in some special way struck her as interesting subjects to portray. Each of the portraits has an underlying idea that expresses either the subject's character, an inner emotion, or a particular feature - something unique that initially drew my interest. Employing simplified composition and using expressive, gestural lines and bold colors, my intention is to reveal something visceral and true about the subject, and connect it to a larger and more significant message about  human existence, rather than creating a close recording of a physical likeness.