My creative process begins directly or indirectly in order to build a foundation or background underlying the final art work. Toning or layering color wet into wet may be followed by automatic drawing as two of the layers. An intuitive approach begins to take hold when more layers of paper, objects, words, combine with paint, and lines leading me from ideas and images as they appear to a serendipitous final result.

My intention is to explore what lies beneath my life experiences to arrive at the truth of those experiences. Understanding past historical human experience provides me with a better understanding of my own life experiences in relationship to other people. There is a greater truth to seek that is universal. I hope to utilize that universality as a way to reach other people and share my experiences of family, personal relationships, faith, and what lies beyond.

Bringing chaos to order and bringing all the fragments together to make a whole drives my need to create. If I don’t create something I do not feel whole.
I am interested in what lies beneath to make us whole. My journey has evolved to creating an art that reveals the underlying meaning and truth of the human condition especially as it relates to our world. I want to discover the unknown. Getting lost in the moment of creation and expressing who I am, how I feel, and think is very freeing. I want to share my passages of life and encourage others to discover who they are and what’s important to them. As my painting is done in layers so is my life done in layers. My peeling of the ‘onion’ helps me to understand human beings and the universe just a little bit more.

Gloria D. Lee, Manhattan Beach, California