Metamorphosis (2010-11)

In this series, I’m interested in aspects of individual and group evolution. Language from both representation and abstraction are used in order to articulate this concept uniquely in each composition. Figures are depicted in ambiguous narratives which offer viewers multiple interpretations deriving from their own state of mind. Expressive applications of paint mirror one’s own sense of the world, which is not static but constantly changing and uncertain. Paint functions both to create the illusion of depth and to break this illusion in favor of surface qualities which suggest movement, strength, and ethereality. My interest in the concept of metamorphosis stems from the transformative changes I’ve observed in others and in myself and the extraordinary coping mechanisms employed by humankind.