PRIVATE ALLEGORIES:

SIMULTANEOUSLY EXPLORING PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF

INTIMACY, NOSTALGIA,

PLAY, DELICACY AND DOUBT

 

AS AN ARTIST, I STRIVE TO COMMUNICATE PERSONAL THEMES AND MIND-SETS TO THE VIEWER BY FINDING COMMON GROUND. FIVE TOOLS, INTIMACY, NOSTALGIA, PLAY, DELICACY AND DOUBT; ARE CONTINUALLY USED IN THE WORKS TO DRAW IN THE VIEWER, ALLOWING THEM TO RELATE TO AND INTERACT WITH THE THEMES OF THE ARTWORK. MY PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND MINIATURE WORKS TRY TO EXPRESS THEMES OF GENDER, BODY IMAGE, SOCIAL PRESSURE, HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, ISOLATION, AND DOCUMENTATION, ALL INTIMATE THEMES THAT ARE ECHOED IN THE LARGER HUMAN EXPERIENCE. I EXPRESS THESE THEMES USING IMAGES OF MY SELF, MY FAMILY, AND MY SURROUNDINGS. EXAMINE ARTISTS WHO HAVE USED THESE SAME TOOLS AND THE OFTEN SIMILAR THEMES TO CREATES A GUIDE TO THE KIND OF ART I STRIVE TO PRODUCE. WHEN LOOKING AT MY INFLUENCES, YOU WILL FIND FEMALE ARTISTS LIKE FRIDA KAHLO, REBECCA HORN, LISA YUSTAVAGE AND NAN GOLDIN, AS WELL AS MASTERS OF NOSTALGIA LIKE GERHARD RICHTER, JOHN STEZAKER, AND JOSEPH CORNELL. MY WORK FOLLOWS THEIR'S, PLAYING ON COLLECTIVE MEMORY TO EVOKE FEELINGS OF LONGING AND TIMELESSNESS. MY OUR DOUBTS ARE EXPLORED AS A TOOL FOR HUMANIZING PERSONAL/POLITICAL THEMES IN ARTWORK, FOCUSING ON MY INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE. MATERIALS ARE CRAFT PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN MY WORK. THE PROCESSES I WORK WITH ALL HAVE THEIR OWN CONNOTATIONS AND HISTORICAL RELEVANCE THAT ADDS IN COMMUNICATING THE IDEA THAT THESE THEMES ARE MULTI-GENERATIONAL, SPANNING TIME AND SPACE.