Artist Statement

I am interested in the stories that define a place. Specifically, I am drawn to the transformative processes and influences that both manufactured and natural forces have on altering their environments.

I concentrate my observations on the nuances that give contextual substance to their habitat. Consideration is given to the invisible rhythms and subtle inflections that reverberate a space and distill its instinctive vitality.

Emphasis is placed on the developmental causes and subsequent affects that shape our surroundings. Signs of decay and wear, created by environmental conditions, read as clues to our history and provide a glimpse into past interactions. These markings function as a tool to discern the passing of time.

Drifting between painting, textile collage, and installation, the tenor of my work blends my collection of visual information and presents an ambiguous language, that delicately integrates memory and sensory response.

My work suggests a narrative about a place — abstracted scenes, created through the lens of my circumstance. The imagery comprises of gestural markings, overlapping shapes, transparent layers, and raw textures, sourced from places I explore, and offered as imagined worlds. The paintings and installations become a portal into a conversation. You can read the questions, responses, reactions, and tangents emerging as the piece unfolds. The viewer can trace and reflect upon one expressive moment leading to the next. Through time, there appears to be a clear succession of interactions.

My work aims to capture a small place in time. By doing so, it highlights the liminal spaces and interstices between moments, while hinting at our unfixed position in temporal space. Time is identified as being in flux. While examining traces of the past, it is clear that they too are impermanent and evolving.