Artist Statement
My practice is my sanctuary. It is contemplative, uninterrupted time to be in the place of possibility. It is a state of not knowing, where potentialities are endless. I explore materiality to encourage consideration of both the physical and temporal nature of experience and to find balance with the increasingly incorporeal experience of the digital world. My work is a quiet declaration of lived experience, that questions the ostensible productivity and progress gained from new technologies. It is a search for understanding how to be in this world, at this time.
The body of work I created in the MFA program at Lesley University is made of ephemeral materials, marks, actions and time. The lines and threads bind, hold, secure, break, and rip apart at the seams in a state of constant repair and collapse. They are complete in the unfinished state, resting while hidden in plain sight, understated. I find value in repetition, refining craft through practice. The repetition creates a muscle memory, an “automatic” action. This slow making eases my doubts about cultural experience – the meditative movements of drawing and sewing provides the certainty of touch while making the investment of time physical. The quiet subversiveness and frenetic energy in these works are the physical form of my doubt and hope in the possibilities of each moment, asking the viewer to pause and wonder.
Steps into the void, 2020
acrylic paint, charcoal, pencil, ink, fabric, wire and thread on hand sewn paper, 60” x 64”
drafts for illuminated scripts, 2019
acrylic paint, pencil, oil stick, and thread on hand and machine sewn paper, 44” x 72”
Horizon Mapping, 2020
acrylic paint, charcoal, pencil, ink, fabric, wire and thread on hand and machine sewn paper, 60” x 72”
