Paper Frontier

8/1/23 - 8/26/23

Artist Statement

My latest digital work is created from shapes of paper that I photograph on a small stage, and then upload into the computer, where I can draw on them. Working between 2D and 3D has allowed both new ideas and old themes to be re-imagined. This work tends to be either figurative abstraction or purely abstract, exploring shape, line, and color, with an emphasis on spatial cues. The backdrops are my watercolor paintings, which have been a revelation; to see how the drawn or painted elements in them change in a 3D space. It’s a new context for the paintings. The figurative pieces allow me to access storytelling and themes from my youth. The abstract paper shapes suggest figures, allowing intuitive imagination. The language of abstraction is broad and for me, poetic. My artworks are metaphors for myself, for my inner thoughts, and for connections both conscious and unconscious. The process involves discovery of layers of meaning and invention.