Proper Work Statement

My work focuses on perceptual uncertainty, where human figures wander in vague and unlikely spaces, representing a range of unexplained feelings from struggle to indifference to mild acceptance and euphoria in the face of real and otherworldly elements. There is a conflicting relationship of communication and misunderstanding between figure and space, as they are perceptually familiar in a worldly sense, yet both are out of sync with each other and with representational reality- lost in two different planes of being or in conflicting parallel dimensions, as well as existing between a blur of different time frames, therefore lacking any history, and overall occupying a no-man’s land outside of logical stability. I am interested in human figures seemingly at odds with their environment, at odds with each other, and at odds with existence. What is ‘real’ is called into question; parallel dimensions or heavenly dream realms are offered as alternatives to the fragmented and hopelessly flawed ‘real’ human world, as well as an acceptance of a permanent lack of explanation for reality and an embracing of the unknown, which represents understanding outside of human capacity. By accepting the fallibility of human perception and the narrow scope of conscious comprehension we hand ourselves over to irrational forces and wander into the unknown. This may be utopia.

little ethos about my work

My work explores ideas of perceptual uncertainty, where there is a tension between ambiguous human figures and the spaces they appear to inhabit. There is a communication, but also a misunderstanding between figure and space, as perceptually, they are universally familiar, yet both are out of sync with each other and with representational reality- lost in two different planes of being, or in two simultaneous dimensions. I am interested in depicting human figures at odds with their environment, at odds with each other, at odds with existence. By embracing the fallibility of human perception we hand ourselves over to irrational forces and wander into the unknown. This may be utopia.