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I paint, draw, dye, sew and use binding techniques to create decorative abstracts. I experiment with materials- changing up the variables of surface, pigment, embellishment and display- to allow their individual properties to guide my creative processes. I strive for a moving, rhythmic, and engaging composition: one mimicking pattern, but lacking the rigid geometrical structures common to traditional decorative art. In this way, my art explores the possibilities of experimental decoration outside of the technicalities and pleasantries of design and application. I am interested in exploring and manipulating the notion of decoration through mixed techniques, linework, and patterns. I take inspiration from obscure areas of nature, but do not imitate their forms. Rather, I keep them in mind as a loose structure of possibilities and let line and form carve meandering paths. Imagination and intuition fuel my work, and an inherent irreverence for materials propels it in unknown directions. While working liberally, my experience with graphic design, fashion design and textile arts has filtered into my movements. Through instinctive actions and responses, design systems appear spontaneously. Ultimately, my goal is to cross the wires of the eyes & mind to affect the minds eye. By having the viewer ponder what s/he sees, the work functions as an inkblot, and stays with the mind as an undetermined cognitive puzzle. Process is so much a part of my work, and this kinetic energy transfers through. It comes in waves and spurts, and wavers between complete control and utter weightlessness. |
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