The Spaces in Between
In my new work, I am exploring the beauty of fleeting moments in the natural world. Through cut forms and painting I build and deconstruct images, until a delicate balance is reached. When I assemble a collage, I am aware of intentional and unintentional spaces being created. And contemplate the blurred line between "positive" and "negative" spaces. Here you have two distinct bodies of work- Editing Nature and Reef Chronicle. Typically, intentional cutouts are gathered for Editing Nature. In this series, I layer botanical forms, like unkempt gardens, or weeds that spring up out of cracked sidewalks. Simultaneously, the unintentional cutouts are used for Reef Chronicle. In these, my process is more akin to completing a puzzle- striving for balance and a sense of completeness. They reflect an aesthetic sensibility similar to crown shyness seen in tree tops, and leaves that float on a pool's surface-suspended closely but still isolated.
Although different in both series, I desire to stir a delicate balance between an homage to nature, self expression, beauty, and perhaps something else unforeseen.
[March 2019]
In my new work, I am exploring the beauty of fleeting moments in the natural world. Through cut forms and painting I build and deconstruct images, until a delicate balance is reached. When I assemble a collage, I am aware of intentional and unintentional spaces being created. And contemplate the blurred line between "positive" and "negative" spaces. Here you have two distinct bodies of work- Editing Nature and Reef Chronicle. Typically, intentional cutouts are gathered for Editing Nature. In this series, I layer botanical forms, like unkempt gardens, or weeds that spring up out of cracked sidewalks. Simultaneously, the unintentional cutouts are used for Reef Chronicle. In these, my process is more akin to completing a puzzle- striving for balance and a sense of completeness. They reflect an aesthetic sensibility similar to crown shyness seen in tree tops, and leaves that float on a pool's surface-suspended closely but still isolated.
Although different in both series, I desire to stir a delicate balance between an homage to nature, self expression, beauty, and perhaps something else unforeseen.
[March 2019]