ARTIST STATEMENT: My studio practice reflects a life-long endeavor to sustain a feeling of awe in response to a chaotic and over-stimulating world. Works seek to conjure moments of stillness and reflection, providing gentle spaces of refuge teetering between the familiar and the immaterial. By leaning into aspects of play, experimentation and curiosity, I give form to hidden realms and unseen forces that may or may not exist in our visible spectrum. This search for the otherworldly within the everyday freshens my outlook of our current landscape, activating a sense of optimism and encouraging strength and perseverance in uncertain times.
I am deeply inspired by the Romantic notion of the sublime, where contrasts, such as fear and awe, are allowed to co-exist. In a similar vein, I find myself energized by leaning into the unknown and exploring the tensions created when opposites interact. Can anxiety and hope be felt at once? Discomfort and joy? What is to be found when one engages with the spaces created by opposing forces? Here is where true magic is to be found; where my personal resilience is built on the quiet strength of wonder and softness.
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