FOR ME, ART IS PRIMARILY PROCESS.
My process is exploratory and abreactive coming from a perspective of ethos and spirituality. A hybrid form, it questions the arbitrariness of imposed parameters and paradigms. It is integral because it fuses different disciplines, materials and methodologies to layer meanings, resonate liminal evocations and reject formal limitations. Using printmaking techniques, palimpsest, mimesis, bricollage, mise-en-scene, photography, shadow performances and found objects I create multi-dimensional spaces with conceptual perspectives.
Recent works of mine combine iconic American symbols from the home, military and sports; (that is, air craft carriers, planes, tanks, helicopters, bombs, baseball, football, gridirons, branding irons, beef steak, apple pies) along with Middle Eastern maps to construct tableau that evoke metaphoric associations and instigate conversations about U.S. Foreign Policy.
In my earlier work, I approached my art as in an excavation of memory, culture and identity; going within myself to mine traces of fragmentary histories of the individual, the collective subconscious and the universal. Photographed shadow performances helped blur the boundary between self and other while suggesting a sense of transformation.
Recent works of mine combine iconic American symbols from the home, military and sports; (that is, air craft carriers, planes, tanks, helicopters, bombs, baseball, football, gridirons, branding irons, beef steak, apple pies) along with Middle Eastern maps to construct tableau that evoke metaphoric associations and instigate conversations about U.S. Foreign Policy.
In my earlier work, I approached my art as in an excavation of memory, culture and identity; going within myself to mine traces of fragmentary histories of the individual, the collective subconscious and the universal. Photographed shadow performances helped blur the boundary between self and other while suggesting a sense of transformation.
