I’m inspired
by history, specifically by stories of the past and how we remember them. I believe that our memories play an important
role in how we live our lives in the present.
I’m curious about what memory is, what we do with it, how it affects us
and how we respond to it.
I explore
how we respond to memories by experimenting with drawing and painting media in
combination with paper, photos, aluminum foil, burlap, wallpaper and upholstery
fabric, all materials that have their own strong textures and physical memories.
I observe
and document how the memories of these materials respond to my
manipulations. I layer, crumple, mold,
rip, wet, soak, undo, strip, mark, and assemble them. The pieces carry and hold the evidence of
what was done to them, reflecting the story of their experience. Similarly, we carry the effects of our
experiences and those of our parents and their parents and so on. We become a reflection of how we have been
impacted by the past events and circumstances of our surroundings, our
families, our histories, and how our present may still be affected by them.
Selected images:
Selected images:
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