Erratic | Oil, Mixed Media on Panel | 14" x 17.25" | 2012

Favorite | Oil, Mixed Media on Panel | 30" x 48" | 2012

Devise | Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas | 45" x 53" | 2012

Artist Statement: In our world we are surrounded by the implication that what is real is synonymous with what is important. By using memory as a platform, I explore the contradictions to this rule. In my work, memory is unfolded in a fragmented way, which exposes a non-linear thought process. This instability leaves us with a constantly changing self—memory that balances vocation as self-made liberation and as a basic lifesaving device. The juxtaposition of objects, images, and materials on the picture plane create narratives that will inevitably fall apart. This results in imagery that amass and meld on the picture plane, or appear to be jettisoned memory, imagination, and misinformation that have collected over time. Self-questioning and self-doubt become pillars of my work. By avoiding the comfort of single-minded interpretation, a dialogue between opposites occur, such as real/unreal, and significant/insignificant. I juxtapose a temporal experience with the physical presence of painting materials, which serve as prosthesis for real experience. Playful inquiry, improvisation, and makeshift narratives serve to establish questions about the ways in which we lie. Through this glut of imagery and items, I am interested in prompting the past while simultaneously fictionalizing it.