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WBM february 2018
Though she is attracted to moody, emotional
subjects, the motivation is not to elicit a gratuitous
sense of sadness. Rather, the experienced therapist
appreciates the truth of depicting both the ups and
downs of the human condition.
“I’m basically a happy person, and I think that’s
why I’m able to explore the darker side of our feel-ings
in the work I do,” she says. “I like to stay in
touch with my feelings, and I’m very aware of the
feelings of the people around me after 25 years of
seeing people who were struggling. I find these
sad subjects more interesting because there seems
to be more depth to that side of humanity. I can’t
stand the turn our culture has taken, likely influ-enced
by television, where you’re expected be in
a manic state of happiness all the time. I think it’s
incredibly fake and life is so much more compli-cated
than that. I think we are better off if we can
find a way to live sort of in the middle of the feeling
spectrum.”
Empty Porch #25, 22 x 21 inches, watercolor on
paper.
Early Morning, 18 x 22 inches, watercolor on paper.