Conceptual workings & studio practice – video
I’ve been working with abstraction for quite some time now, and it’s a very powerful thing. It’s a language that allows us to communicate together without being restricted by the noun, by who I am and who are you. It allows us to just get all that out of the way and have a dialog […]
Everything becomes new again
Let me introduce, Labyrinth of Memories, a photogram that is unlike many of my works, its not full of releasing, kinetic movement. It has colored layers that collectively appear wedged into immovable confinement. If I was to use one word to describe this piece it would be, ‘snug’. The title for this piece also plays with […]
Who is the Nightingale Spectator
It would be a waste if artwork titles were merely a descriptive ‘what is it’. Nightingale Spectator is no different. The titles I assign for each photogram is an opportunity to get nudged toward a perspective of viewing new and fresh way. Linguistically, there is a rhythm in the titles, usually only 2 words using […]
Cultivating meanings that are already there
“The artist role is not to generate meaning, but to cultivate the meanings that are already there.” Author, Cal Newport shares this idea in the book Deep Work, while making a compelling argument for relevance of focused concentration over scattered multi-tasking. What I found interesting as it relates to art, Cal Newport makes the connection […]
To see the future not with certainty
I create to engage, jostle and spar as if it’s an art is an ethical act. I seek out the collapse of structural systems. The NEW emerges from the fragments of our past thought. This is reflected in the series, Precariously Bright, distinguished by auras of colorful meteorological like clusters, vibrating and dissembling with […]
Artwork being oxygen in the room
When my art is brought into peoples homes, it can be transformative. It’s the art that acts as a kind of oxygen in the room, a breath of fresh air to open the consciousness and clear the mind. This is my function as an artist, to work with questions that don’t have straightforward answers. This […]