In my work, I am interested in the combination of material and immaterial; the physicality of tar, canvas, paper and paint, and the emotionality of images, color and form. Associations of color and form, how they can be used as a communication of personal attachment and emotion, and the way that tension is created between images, forms, colors and materials, reside within my work. I am attracted to the idea of a non-traditional sensibility, which relies on ideas inherent in Minimalism and Abstract Expressionism, a sensibility that is reliant on the repetition of form and the use of an abstract shape as radiating visual stimuli, attracting the viewer and holding their attention, while eliciting an emotional response.

By collaging images from childhood and my own drawings, I am placing myself within the paintings, and connecting to a specific memory or feeling that is tied to these images. I create works the viewer can relate to while still being outside, and manipulate materials to elicit an emotional response. My works become embodiments of a specific emotional experience of relating to the imagery and content in the paintings while redefining that moment in material form.

artists statement • works in progress (2001-02) • final show (2002)
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