I entwine disparate themes and materials such as industrial paraphernalia with natural elements, poetry and esoterica in my compositions.
The unification of seemingly contradictory elements pushes the singular subject beyond metaphor, symbol or archetype, charging it with spiritual force and metaphysical energy. Fascinated by the out of body experience, I reach for greater fields of consciousness by going further to ask that a subject might express itself through me. In that, I experience paradoxes of consciousness as both the fallen tree and the axe that cut it down. While also being the animal out of frame, who came upon the scene much later.
My engagement pieces begin by sourcing resources from contextually relevant habitats. I create frameworks for progression which are advanced by the contributions of people, creatures, and other forces. It is the work’s connection to an external consciousness which challenges it and keeps it alive. It is empathetic to its gallery. Though it does not have a heart beat per se, many of the pieces are living, in that they are in a constant state of growth or change, with any energy potentially modifying the work in unpredictable ways. In this way it validates and encourages a flux in experience, rather than providing a final, singular, ossified bed.
