Artist Statement

My paintings, collages, drawings and digital prints depict domestic interiors and natural landscapes. I am interested in the experience of memory, as it is constructed by interacting with objects, space and narrative. In our material culture, objects become expendable commodities; however, some belongings become priceless through our engagement with them. I depict objects and dwellings with bright colors— privileging painterly qualities and a strong playful palette over realistic hues. I use drawerly outlining to represent objects as symbols; lines abstract from abundant visual information, making objects into signs for other objects, rather than depictions of particular things. My work blends transitional points of view and atmospheric panes, illustrating how memory affects our perception of space, interior and exterior. I express our absorption in our home environments. Architectural experience often involves moving in between grasping an entire room at once and seeing single objects standing in place. I incorporate photographic light to make certain objects glow with the clarity of immediate memory and use simple painterly strokes to express our experience of forgetting. I play with the relationships between the rigid composition of interior decoration and the organic patterns arising in natural settings. My work illustrates the constructive nature of memory as arising out of contact with everyday objects in our dwelling places.

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