This series focuses on the materiality of the painting process. The layering that obscures form and content on the surface of the panel echoes the dysfunctions of language. In short, the lack of clear references is key to the work. By investigating language on a meta-level, I am developing forms that do not follow logical criteria but are based on subjective associations and formal parallels which incite the viewer to make new personal associations.

My work here doesn’t reference recognizable form rather I am deconstructing ideas of things and places by paring them down to textures and color blocks and marks that have been applied and smeared to obscure their original intent or message. This labor-intensive act shifts the meaning and possible interpretations for the viewer and becomes multifaceted. The patterns used reference the long tradition of Damask textiles. Their intricate imagery is reflective of nature and thus works well for building the layers in this series.

My paintings establish a link between the landscape’s reality and that imagined by its conceiver. These works focus on concrete questions that determine our existence.