artist statement
When it comes to my visual art, it all starts with color and then the monsters. Monsters, aliens, demons, angels or liminal creatures, however you wish to see them. Crafting or "the making" is important too.
My works often explore a confluence of patterns, shapes, colors and cheerfully manic cartoon-like characters who look a lot like figures from pop-culture but aren't. I see them as from some other realm or dimension. It's also about the creation of form; a process of discovery, both in the characters I draw and the ways materials come together. That said, I've been at this for a while, so at this point my end results never come as much of a surprise.
It's all an outward expression of my identity. It's how I investigate what it is to be alive in this (my) reality- whether it's writing or painting, fashion design or a performative project.
Color, pattern and texture, humor and a whole lot of eyes are involved in everything I do. The gaze of my characters typically meet the viewer and I've been told that I have a similar kind of "directness" in my writing. I see a stoicism, as well as sometimes a discomfort and other times a great confidence in my other-worldly creatures. I like the dichotomy of all that, embodied within brightly colored, often cute and humorous elements. They are asking to be met in a certain way.
March, 2024. Marina, California.
My works often explore a confluence of patterns, shapes, colors and cheerfully manic cartoon-like characters who look a lot like figures from pop-culture but aren't. I see them as from some other realm or dimension. It's also about the creation of form; a process of discovery, both in the characters I draw and the ways materials come together. That said, I've been at this for a while, so at this point my end results never come as much of a surprise.
It's all an outward expression of my identity. It's how I investigate what it is to be alive in this (my) reality- whether it's writing or painting, fashion design or a performative project.
Color, pattern and texture, humor and a whole lot of eyes are involved in everything I do. The gaze of my characters typically meet the viewer and I've been told that I have a similar kind of "directness" in my writing. I see a stoicism, as well as sometimes a discomfort and other times a great confidence in my other-worldly creatures. I like the dichotomy of all that, embodied within brightly colored, often cute and humorous elements. They are asking to be met in a certain way.
March, 2024. Marina, California.