Artist Statement
I use formalism to convey human connection. Technology and social media claim to bring people together but instead isolate and promote individualism. These are societal ills that negate interdependence. I create paintings that are metaphors for different people relating and intersecting to counteract social fragmentation.
Americans live in the continuous stress of change. My work exists in that uncertainty. My process entails layering grid structures, line and color atop a dark liminal space. Geometry is a system I use as a self-evident truth to create structure in transitional times. I draw lines to hold people together. Color is the formation of cultural identity, however, colors do not correspond to physical characteristics of racial categories. Instead, they are metaphors for diversity and coexistence. Collectively, these elements convey our inextricable link to one another and leverage new ways of seeing the connection between community and abstraction.