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>>> The Known Parts
In this work I layered a transparent portrait of someone with a bookshelf behind them. We accrue knowledge over time, and that knowledge is both a source of power and a limiting force. We begin to categorize things and filter the world through preconceived notions, assumptions.
The size of each of the boxes in the grid is also the size of the blue window. The unknown outside the window, the night sky, is just as relevant as any "known" we think we have pinned down in our life.
The person reading in the dark background could also be the person in the gridded portrait, or they could be someone they live with. Ambiguity is important in my work; I want the work to be open enough to let a viewer in.
In this work I layered a transparent portrait of someone with a bookshelf behind them. We accrue knowledge over time, and that knowledge is both a source of power and a limiting force. We begin to categorize things and filter the world through preconceived notions, assumptions.
The size of each of the boxes in the grid is also the size of the blue window. The unknown outside the window, the night sky, is just as relevant as any "known" we think we have pinned down in our life.
The person reading in the dark background could also be the person in the gridded portrait, or they could be someone they live with. Ambiguity is important in my work; I want the work to be open enough to let a viewer in.
>>> Chainlink Support Coils
This painting features two people laying next to each other. One person is painted in warm, neutral colors and looking at the person across from them (they are also looking the viewer). The other person has their back turned to the viewer and is filled up mostly with cold, bright cerulean paint. The pattern running across them could be a chainlink fence or a mattress. The ambiguity of whether it's a hard barrier or a soft place mirrors the feelings in the relationship between the people. Is this person able to love? There is some overlap of crimson on the blue person's head and shoulder -- perhaps the warm person is able to slowly melt away the chainlink fence barrier between them.