I am an artist and have spent my career investigating the myriad of ways that I can transform a blank surface through various paints, liquids, materials and subjects of all kinds. The one thing that hasn’t changed for me is the internal, solitary, experimental nature of my creative activity.
Last year I painted a large mural for the the MAC (Museum of Arts and Culture) on a wall that is 12’x16’. Through this process I began to think in terms of performance and choreography and an embodiment of color, paint and flow. In an unexpected way, the making of this mural brought my painting into a new light.
It was only a short leap of the imagination to think of Suzanne Ostersmith, Founding Chair of the Dance department at Gonzaga University as a possible collaborator at a TEDx event. How could we generate a performance that weaves together an interpretive dance piece with the activity of an artist in the process of painting. Our intention is to open up this process and bring forth the dynamic expression of performance through this collaboration.