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STATEMENT OF WORK
My current series of otherworldly landscapes, Across the Universe, explores mythic themes such as the hero’s journey and origin in stories from a feminist and neurodiverse lens. The paintings ask the viewer, “Where have we come from, and where are we going?”
Created with acrylic paint on cardboard and panel, my process involves collage and world-building play. I paint and assemble shapes that I have drawn and cut from cardboard using imagery from a variety of sources, including ancient art, my children’s elementary school drawings, and the envelope poems of Emily Dickinson.
My palette for Across the Universe contrasts primary colours with earthy, claylike tones. Using a matte acrylic paint and absorbent casein gesso, I create a surface that refers to both cave walls and classroom chalkboards, locations of expression and communication. The use of cardboard and collage serves as a resourceful, playful, catalyst that adds meaning and inverts the standard patriarchal narrative of the classical hero.
The shapes in these paintings are friendly, but the landscapes I construct are portentous. The paintings allude to wonder, cataclysm, and the cyclical nature of existence, where moments of beauty coexist with a looming specter of change and uncertainty.