Walking By

STATEMENT

My work predominantly explores the theme of memory while expressing an interest in domestic spaces and our connection to the physical and virtual places we inhabit. The work integrates this theme while reflecting on personal experiences. The gathering of visual information is an influence from “the everyday”, whether it be from those physical or virtual spaces. Moons cut out of window shutters, the way a house is painted in two competing colors, squiggles as if doodles on a sheet of loose leaf; my interest in how the physical world influences our memories and ideas of the past informs how I create paintings. This produces a new object or image that is similar to something familiar, but ultimately unknown. This duality is reminiscent of how we experience memory. Something feels familiar but is ultimately inaccessible in its entirety. This experience is shared among all people, and I believe in creating with the hope to reveal how much our lived experience and art are connected.