MANIFESTO 

« It even run the risk of seeing the material element crushed by the conceptual element. »
— Alois Riegl, Late Roman Art Industy (1901), speaking of modern art.

For decades,
art has spoken the language of the university.

The Academy is gone.
Intellectualization has taken its place.

Concept is celebrated.
Interpretation exalted.
The spectator is told what to see,
what to understand,
what to feel.

But true art
does not arise in the intellect.
It is born of direct experience—
physical, sensory, spiritual.

My mediums are my entryways:
Tempera teaches me patience.
Encaustic opens me to experiment.
Pastel on abrasive ground honors spontaneity.

To paint is making
the unseen speak.