In my works I reflect on my personal observations of natural and human built environments through abstraction. My creative process is deeply introspective and intimate, drawing inspiration from details of everyday life captured by the photographs I take of my surroundings. Themes of transformation, continuity, repetition, randomness and regeneration create an expansive foundation for me to use the photographs in novel ways. I loosely trace fragments of them (e.g., architectural angles, perspectival views, swashes of sunset colors) and amalgamate them with gestural brush strokes, cut-outs and pressings from my palette, and my paint-rags upcycled from domestic textiles. Using these elements together in one composition creates a new meaning and existence for them.
An informed intuition orchestrates my decision making process as the work gradually comes together. I proceed without attaching to any rigid rules of what the work should look like. Instead, I let the structural and metaphorical elements to reveal themselves and linger as long as they want until they are ready to transition into the next incarnation.
