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I create paintings using silk as my canvas and liquid dyes as my paint. I have always been a lover of nature and am often awestruck at her design and color. Most of my work is inspired by my Caribbean roots, and my silk paintings are a celebration of the vibrant colors and exotic flavor of the tropics. For me, silk is the perfect medium for this expression - it has a luminous quality that allows the transparent dyes to sparkle with wonderful brilliance. The dyes, which are painted in layers with a paintbrush, spread as soon as they touch the silk. The way they move and blend on the silk is like a dance, which I find endlessly fascinating. I approach each silk painting with a sense of adventure, since the reaction of the dyes with the silk, like nature, is unpredictable. I want people seeing my work to share that adventure with me... to revisit some exotic place that they have been, even if only in their imagination... to feel harmony with and appreciate the beauty of our natural world.
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