Artist Statement
My work is intuitive and experimental, heavily driven by material exploration. I explore basic themes of the human condition alongside existential questions of what the future holds given dire environmental predictions.
Meditation on the relationship between myself and earth informs my use of materials. Over the last few years, I've moved away from the use of store bought materials and focused on using natural and recycled materials such as natural pigment in oil, textile scraps and natural dyes.
Recent work
My recent series, Reinvention, explores the concept of renewal and reinvention through the creation of multi-layered textile collages. Textiles are dyed, printed and painted before being reassembled into visually complex and confusing pieces.
Textiles are inherently intimate- intended to wrap around our bodies and represent our dreams, aspirations and fears. The use of textiles as collaged material is a mediation on the challenge of piecing together our own stories from the bits and pieces of our memories and experiences.
Meditation on the relationship between myself and earth informs my use of materials. Over the last few years, I've moved away from the use of store bought materials and focused on using natural and recycled materials such as natural pigment in oil, textile scraps and natural dyes.
Recent work
My recent series, Reinvention, explores the concept of renewal and reinvention through the creation of multi-layered textile collages. Textiles are dyed, printed and painted before being reassembled into visually complex and confusing pieces.
Textiles are inherently intimate- intended to wrap around our bodies and represent our dreams, aspirations and fears. The use of textiles as collaged material is a mediation on the challenge of piecing together our own stories from the bits and pieces of our memories and experiences.