Artist Statement
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I was born and raised in France, where art is part of daily life and creating is woven into how people live. In my family, sewing, decorating, repairing furniture, and restoring homes were shared activities rather than professions. Those early experiences shaped my relationship to materials and to art as something tactile, intuitive, and grounded in everyday life.
After moving to the United States, I earned a graduate degree in Clinical Psychology and spent nearly thirty years working as a therapist in a wide range of settings. That background continues to inform my artistic practice, particularly my interest in internal states that do not resolve easily—moments where perception, emotion, or responsibility remain suspended rather than clarified.
I work across painting, collage, and assemblage, drawn to ambiguity and to systems that appear functional yet fragile or incomplete. The work often suggests that something should resolve or make sense, but it doesn’t fully arrive there. I’m interested in that pause—when meaning feels close but remains unsettled, and the viewer is asked to stay with the experience rather than move past it.
 

 

 

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