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My studio practice is primarily concerned with personal narrative and the impact a contemporary social life has on the ephemeral primality of the past – most specifically how space influences time, place and body. I use traditional signs and personal symbols communicate ideas – often abstracting the plane - enabling me to combine traditional skills with contemporary approaches. Abstaining from compartmentalization, I work with the materials and resources inspired by specific events – often akin to a “derive” - not limiting myself to one medium or fixed idea. Allowing for such drift, I can integrate life with art. Power tools, digital media, installation, sound, performance, collaboration and traditional media find their way into the core of my practice: painting and drawing.
My studio practice is primarily concerned with personal narrative and the impact a contemporary social life has on the ephemeral primality of the past – most specifically how space influences time, place and body. I use traditional signs and personal symbols communicate ideas – often abstracting the plane - enabling me to combine traditional skills with contemporary approaches. Abstaining from compartmentalization, I work with the materials and resources inspired by specific events – often akin to a “derive” - not limiting myself to one medium or fixed idea. Allowing for such drift, I can integrate life with art. Power tools, digital media, installation, sound, performance, collaboration and traditional media find their way into the core of my practice: painting and drawing.
I view art making as an accessible bridge of power to the vastness of what is otherwise invisible: ideas, sounds, energy, space, time, insight, etc. I see these multi-layers of reality as too vast to "capture" or seclude onto a simple plane. Therefore, as an artist, I layer multiple images to provide a more accurate perception of personal reality. This collage aesthetic has developed naturally over twenty years, and it allows for many stories to unfold at once and exhaults my desire to transform, rather than preserve, moments.
As a world traveler and passionate lover of art history, my aesthetic is peppered with colors, ideals and symbols of Southeast Asia and Nature's immersions and believe that passion incites passion. Therefore, I depend upon varied genres of music, literature, adventure, immersion and conversation to fuel my work.
"Spring's Camouflage," 18" x 18""
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