Artist
Statement
Spring 2011
I am an artist. In my work I explore images that reflect fantasy and the subconscious mind-scape, generating portraits of generalized memories intended to illuminate emotions and personal mythologies. By integrating styles of abstraction, graphical stylization and realism through assemblage and collage, my technique becomes a catalyst for conception.
Using this process the illusion of distance is cultivated by infinite horizon lines. In the spaces I create I use figures to infer foreground and background. Illustrative portraits of characters captured in momentary actions express emotions and contemplative moods. In my smaller series their vellum forms are mod-podged atop chimerical grayscale mindscapes similar to earth and sky. When my method progresses to a grand scale, large creatures loom as though suspended in water against bold colors that amplify the massive drawing installations. They are a menagerie of textures and rhythms of brushwork interlaced with soft swarms of clouded, paper-towel softened, watery ink blots. To juxtapose the apparitions, figurative realism is captured with vine charcoal to manifest a gentle self-portrait trapped in nostalgic reflection.
Spring 2011
I am an artist. In my work I explore images that reflect fantasy and the subconscious mind-scape, generating portraits of generalized memories intended to illuminate emotions and personal mythologies. By integrating styles of abstraction, graphical stylization and realism through assemblage and collage, my technique becomes a catalyst for conception.
Using this process the illusion of distance is cultivated by infinite horizon lines. In the spaces I create I use figures to infer foreground and background. Illustrative portraits of characters captured in momentary actions express emotions and contemplative moods. In my smaller series their vellum forms are mod-podged atop chimerical grayscale mindscapes similar to earth and sky. When my method progresses to a grand scale, large creatures loom as though suspended in water against bold colors that amplify the massive drawing installations. They are a menagerie of textures and rhythms of brushwork interlaced with soft swarms of clouded, paper-towel softened, watery ink blots. To juxtapose the apparitions, figurative realism is captured with vine charcoal to manifest a gentle self-portrait trapped in nostalgic reflection.
Backdrops
suspended from nails with grommets' have been embellished by the
captivating twirl of a toy mouse' tail tooled with sumi-e brush
hairs. The whirling contraption has flung black ink across the
surface, at times dispersing where water was sprayed. What forms is
the loose impression of willowy flower blooms and botanical patterns
that emerge in a dance of orchestrated pictorialization. The
substrate is then saturated with sepia ink and watercolor horizons.
My
process is what delegates the success of each piece. The line work
is gestural, describing the splatter and bleed of marks explored by
nuances of energy, focus and emotion. Ink lines twirl and waver from
heavy, dark and smooth to light and translucent. At times the brush
strokes are dry and broken, contrasted by fluid lines that are
multiplied by tapered hairs. Biomorphic forms are identified,
selected and cut with x-acto blades. Colors are applied methodically
using pencils, paints and markers. The integrity of the work lies in
the final throws, where the composition is derived in the assemly of
it's manufactured elements. Each decision is driven by the
excitement and discovery of underlying themes that materialize
organically. I allow myself to feel compelled by the essence of my
subliminal self. I reawaken the dreaming that once governed my fear.
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