What Else do I Have to Give?
My process is focused on the simple act of creation: Putting a brush to a canvas and forcing my hand to paint. I have come to realize that the pieces I create hold on to private moments of my life and the emotional residue they leave behind. A wall of my work is akin to a journal written in a language unique to me, conveyed in covert imagery.
I am always pushing myself to make. Often the emotional imprint left on my pieces is far from happy. I hide this vulnerability, but not without leaving some clues that would allow active viewers to sleuth out what they believe my pieces mean to me. I place my notes, sketches, failures, successes, titles, and even my studio space itself, on display but the personal meaning of my pieces is mine alone.
My installation, What Else do I Have to Give, is a self portrait that depicts my lived experiences in the last year (2020-2021). I give the viewer every component of my process, except the emotional context that follows the end results.
I am always pushing myself to make. Often the emotional imprint left on my pieces is far from happy. I hide this vulnerability, but not without leaving some clues that would allow active viewers to sleuth out what they believe my pieces mean to me. I place my notes, sketches, failures, successes, titles, and even my studio space itself, on display but the personal meaning of my pieces is mine alone.
My installation, What Else do I Have to Give, is a self portrait that depicts my lived experiences in the last year (2020-2021). I give the viewer every component of my process, except the emotional context that follows the end results.
