Artist Statement

Through my paintings, I rekindle the vulnerability and innocence that is often taken from us. Mourning this loss and growing around the remains as time continues, but this growth comes with altered perceptions. As I morph, my suppressed realities turn into dreamlike distortions. Using watercolor, acrylic paint, and other mixed media; such as fabric paint, oil pastels, and glitter, I confront this nonlinear nature of processing by depicting absurd notions and critics of reality. Fusing both fine craft and deliberately offhand stylistic choices, I acknowledge and push the boundary of authentic versus fabricated realities.

 

Producing a limbo between the real and imaginary as I face repressed memories; there are narratives of longing, delusion, and daydreaming which emerge. Through allegories, motifs, and aesthetics, I live in a hyperreality generating confusion between signs and symbols that represent the truth. Two motifs in my work are spirals and flowers, each representing psychosis and ill-intent respectively. My work conveys its concepts through the facade of color theory, reimagining the negative aspects of society through the lens of delusion and naivety. I take influence from 1990s and early 2000s cartoons to source my color schemes and amplify the previously addressed lenses under which I operate. My art conveys a type of surreal reminiscence of what has been lost to time and the subconscious. Utilizing concepts in the surrealist art movement, I emphasize the mental strain that plagues my thoughts. Raking through the unconscious mind and articulating my findings as I search for the truth; I am only met with my distorted psyche.