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Artist Statement
(January 2006)
If I was asked to choose one word that describes my work, I would have to say misinterpretation; namely in terms of memory, but also science, history, and the individual experience. When I work on my pieces I try and capture the beauty of the misshapen idea. I want to dissect the contradictions between what we are capable of remembering and what we know and believe to be true. I am also very interested in alchemy and ancient scientific theories. The way that we, through history, are often disqualifying the hard held beliefs of those who came before us.
When I work, I like to work through emotional and psychological states of being. Humanity described through everyday objects torn down, worked over, and reinvented. Sometimes I do portraits of people I have met, other times just states of being. I try to focus on the exaggerated memory I have of the person rather than a realistic interpretation. The material also has voice in this. Several pieces I have done were intended to be a reflection of a person I once met, but as I worked with the materials the piece was transformed into a more abstract state of being. This sort of reaction to what I am working with is important to my creative process.
I want people to feel comfortable reading into my work. I want it to be personal, nostalgic, comical, uncanny, and perhaps a little disturbing. I want it to relate to the individual experience. These are my experiments in humanity; my explorations into dreams, realities, joys, anxieties, and our humanity which is imperfect.
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