In my paintings, I focus on trying to create a visual sensation of illumination through color. While being non-representational, I hope the geometry could be referenced to something in the physical world. My interests in fl at linear forms suggest depth and movement within the painting that create an ongoing visual conversation between control and chance.
Artist/Thesis Statement
My paintings explore the phenomenon of light and color. I’m interested in how flat, rigid forms can suggest depth, motion, and resonance through nothing more than color and spatial relationship. The diagonals and linear elements suggest a type of movement that happens within the paintings. Architecture has helped inform my process but is not the main focal point. I think of these works as visual conversations between control and chance, where a sharp magenta line might interrupt a field of calm, or a quiet beige might hold a loud green in place. While not trying to depict anything representational, there are components that suggest something we can refer to in the physical world like a birds eye view perspective or how the landscape moves through a window. Each composition is built from a process of layering intersecting lines, planes, and forms, creating visual systems that feel both precise and open-ended. I want the vibrant colors and complex layers to produce an energy as if the painting is alive, where color and its saturation produce a sensation of illumination or light. While these two paintings stand alone, they suggest an ongoing dialogue between them.
