WHAT'S INSIDE

 

 I often hear from the viewers my work has a scientific connection - sometimes it has to do with the forms and details that might appear amoebic-like, or plant-like or galactic-like, sometimes it has to do with my experimental, yet methodical process, the way I organize my studio and tools, and make notes and palette swatches.
I think artists are always experimenting, always discovering, always searching, and that is something shared by all the creative explorers - scientific and artistic-alike.
I come from a family where almost everyone I know was either a scientist or an artist. My parents both had math degrees, yet my mom was passionate about music and piano, my dad always experimented - learning about everything from sewing, (and sowing and sawing!) crocheting, loom weaving and making fishing nets, to beekeeping, cheese-making, mushroom-growing, you name it. Having a sister who is a professor of biophysics and also passionate about music and an amazing pianist in her own right, and now also seeing this duality of interests in my own children...I love that I came to discover, and accept, there is so much in me that is scientist- like. I never thought of it that way. Even though I chose a biology major in high-school and studied horticulture for a couple of years, I always thought at my core I am an artist.
Nowadays, thankfully, I see it all boils down to curiosity and a sense of wonder. One should always seek and explore and question and wonder (and wander!)...regardless what your profession is, there is simply no reason to put oneself in (any kind) of a box.