body-led movement drawing
artist statement
My visual and movement-based art practices are rooted in my work with somatics. As a painter, Alexander Technique teacher, and Craniosacral practitioner, my art and healing practices inspire each other. I’d been immersed in my art for decades before becoming a practitioner. Over time, parallels between the two began to seep into my awareness, I realized my presence in each informed the other. It became clear that I’m moving energy, finding the body, trusting mystery, and using movement in both practices in support of embodiment, expression, transformation. I use similar ways of seeing/sensing, deepening both practices. It’s through this conversation my art has evolved.
I make ephemeral movement-drawings, and time-lapse videos in abandoned or temporary spaces. The drawings record body sensations, thoughts, and memories through accumulated and erased marks. They help me process life experiences to transform and trust something in me knows where I am before I do.
As I draw, areas are erased with my body or water. Drawing while erasing connects me to how the healing process can occur. As sensation falls away, something underlying reveals itself, or energy transforms into something new. These drawings become portals to paintings, inspire public workshops, and authentic movement experiments.