STATEMENT OF WORK

My artwork is a process of transforming perception to reveal frailty, memory and allegory. I respond to my surroundings, both urban and natural, digesting atmospheric impressions to influence the creation of an artwork. My organic process includes video, sculpture and installation to form unexpected narratives and associations. Like an unsettled sojourner I glean inspiration from nature, myth, history and society. I am interested in geological and ancestral time, and universal stories and materials that transcend these limits. My work presents an alternate space to engage in the psychological phenomenon of nostalgia, preservation and transcendence.

I think of nature as a powerful and magnificent metaphor that is at once universal and personal. This functions as a touchstone to investigate phenomenological concepts. Using ephemeral elements such as ice and light, the work becomes durational and engages viewers sensorially. The embodiment of an element, be it water, light or trees, possess tangible attributes that I use to embrace materials found, discarded and self made.

My process involves repetitive activities of collecting, transforming and arranging. Through instinct and response, I relate to the sensual quality of materials, allowing tactility and pattern to inform my research and production. In my work, banal routines are given extraordinary attention. The rhythmic physicality in my process becomes a kind of ritual that infuses my work with a personal spirituality. Using an economy of means with humble materials, I explore how ordinary objects become animate and images bring the spectrum of time, metaphor and allegory into our daily lives.