"If one understands the nature of our consciousness, then the particular endeavor of the "me" that suffers then becomes something global, and a totally different activity will take place." -Krishnamurti
My work explores the relationship between meditative practice and everyday actions in order to transform personal experience into more universal empathy. By considering both as dynamic aspects of the same form rather than as binary opposites, I attempt to facilitate contemplative space within the context of the everyday.
My visual choices are largely drawn from personal experiences, and yet invite the viewer to bring their own histories to each piece. I employ a limited palette that points to the collective rather than using a wider array of color in the Modernist tradition that would point to me as an Individual Artist.This is aligned with the work of Antoni Tapies, Anselm Kiefer, and Joseph Beuys who also describe universal vulnerability and the fragility of the human psyche.
I attempt to illuminate these frozen moments - a collapsing altar, burned down piers, domestic items in suspension (of disbelief), abstracted psychological spaces - to imply the presence of absence and speak about tragedy and loss with compassion and grace.
Images (first four of eight):
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