Reflections on mood and emotional states, integrated with an exploration of material and color, are central to my current artistic practice. I begin my process of construction with observing organic forms found in the everyday, such as pebbles, plant leaves, cloud shapes, and the curves of the human body. By focusing on the abstraction of these forms, I construct low-relief wall installations and small works on paper created by using a variety of paints, paper, plastics, and found images collected from books and magazines. By integrating versatile and easily attainable materials with my painting method, I am able to provide a textural experience beyond what paint alone can create.
This method results in work with a heightened dimensionality and weight. Contextually, each work remarks upon a private narrative, focusing on my navigation of the emotional state. Popular music and colloquialisms are of specific interest to me and communicate a link to shared expressions of emotion—specifically, love, desire, pride, and sadness. My work is about harmony and contrast existing in the same instant, in both our natural and humanistic worlds.
New Collage: Hear the softly spoken magic spells, 2013, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, and found images on museum board
A little psychic research before making a diagnosis, 2012, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, and found images on museum board
Show me where you’ve failed, 2013, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, and found images on museum board
When you get free, come home to me, 2013, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, wax, and found images on museum board
Don’t take this heaven, 2013, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, and found images on museum board
Feels like a dream and we are the moon, 2013, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl, and found images on museum board
I was sitting in the field feeling the grass, 2013, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, and found images on museum board
Look into the sky, 2013, Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, and found images on museum board
Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies, 2013, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, and found images on museum board
Silver shuttle, 2012, Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
This is the time and this is the record of the time, 2013, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, and found images on museum board
