Artist’s Statement

Emotional and physical experiences influence my work, in which themes of absence, identity, impermanence, memory and yearning are explored. The body remembers as much as the mind, thus the transference of this conscious and subconscious energy is visually represented in my photographs, sculptural forms and works on paper. Each work is a tangible record of my existence and of the complexities of the human condition - desperation, insecurity, joy, sadness, satisfaction, wonder.

At times, I use applied line to define space and impart the illusion of control. The slow, physical act of cutting paper and photographs and sewing or wrapping of thread or rope is a cathartic and methodical motion - an attempt to create order from the chaos that inherently lies within both the inner and outer spaces of our lives.

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I am influenced by multitudes of work by many artists - the emotive paintings of Francis Bacon, the hauntingly nostalgic photographs of Sally Mann, the simplified forms of Isamu Noguchi, the simultaneously bold and elegant forms of Richard Serra, the sexually charged works by Egon Schiele, the lines of Brutalist and Mid Century architecture, the reflective and sinewy work of Lenore Tawney and the odd environments of Ralph Eugene Meatyard - just to name a few.