mission statement

My art practice focuses on reconnecting to the inner child’s joyful sense of play without attachment to final outcomes. From 2016-2019, I worked primarily with ceramics to build a “family” of imaginary friends inspired by my subconscious mind. I found that clay was an easy entry-point to begin making artwork after a very long hiatus because its unpretentious qualities reminded me of making mudpies as a kid. Feeling like an outsider is a large theme in my work. I celebrate this “alien-ness” by making strange figures: nature spirits that are part flower-part human, interstellar buddha blobs, and cartoonish fertility statues. The initial allure of ceramics was the spontaneous and magical ways in which the glazes mixed. I’m re-creating this unpredictable process in 2D by allowing inks, watercolor, and salt to mix organically on paper to reveal the landscapes and forms that makeup my dreamworld. I’m being led by the materials and am working purely from my imagination

installations

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art on paper

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ceramics

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