Afterglow explores the residue of illumination - the moment presence arises within through the meditative vehicle of mindfulness. These works investigate the emotional and sensory landscapes that linger in the presence of light, the interplay between light and color, and the softness that remains when it begins to fade.
Each painting in the series uses gradients, color progressions, and sculptural interventions to blur the boundary between abstraction and figuration.
This series is an invitation to slow down, attune to the subtle shifts within, and re-emerge through the simplicity of the present moment - reflecting my ongoing interest in the vertical dimension of the now moment, in the context of the horizontal dimensions of past and future.
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Saudade is a body of work born from longing - for the people, places, and versions of ourselves that time has taken but memory hasn't released. Rooted in the Portuguese concept of melancholic yearning, this series examines the emotional impact of self-absence and the disconnection from ourselves.
Through layered mark making, the illusory nature of the picture plane becomes disrupted, illustrating the dichotomy between the real and surreal which echoes the experience of any grief journey. The use of nostalgic patterns symbolize the past, and our familiarity and comfort associated with memory. The dissolution of illusion is a prerequisite to accessing the fullness of the present moment.
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Fetish centers on the act of mark-making as an object of desire - feishized, repeated, and abstracted. Each painting explores how surface becomes objectified through obsessive gesture and layered construction. The work engages both digital and traditional forms of mark-making in painting, this series is an inquiry into the various modes of mark-making, creating a hybridized method of painting that marries digital and traditional marks.
Ad Astra Per Aspera - "through difficulty, to the stars" - is a sculptural meditation about resilience and the collateral beauty that emerges in the aftermath of trauma. At the heart of this series are deflated disco balls, once symbols of euphoria, celebration, and collective ecstasy, now softened, slumped and suspended in a new kind of radiance.
These mirrored forms, gently deconstructed, challenge the impermanence of glamour and the illusion of invincibility. Each sculpture reflects fractured light in every direction - still captivating and beautiful, but altered. They embody the emotional landscape of grief and trauma, their sagging forms asking us to confront our relationship to perception, nostalgia, and the forms we inhabit.
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