My Three Collections: Sentient, Abstract, Surreal
Your style is how you make things. While my work may seem to move across different approaches, to me it's all one style. I've divided it into three collections to help make sense of how I create. At the heart of it all is perception.
Sentient is what we see. This collection includes recognizable objects— plants, animals, faces, and other forms we encounter outside ourselves.
Abstract is how we see. These pieces explore patterns, shapes, refractions of light, and the structures that underlie how we piece together the objects we see and name. You can't always believe what you see nor do the abstract shapes really make the objects. The eye and brain trick us; perception is never as straightforward as it seems.
Surreal is how we dream. This collection moves around, beneath, and through Sentient and Abstract. It distorts and reshapes, blending memory, emotion, and dream. While it may present
itself as truth, its reality is more elusive, asking us to look carefully at how we perceive.