Medicines
Project Statement
In my professional life, inside and outside of art, I have witnessed the impacts of extreme social anxiety and the mental entrapment of depression. This series focuses on these two conditions and questions the forms of our attention that influence their impact. If we appreciated and honor them as ways of living and being, I believe overall mental health would improve.
The imagery for this developing series is based on natural “medicines”. Initially the viewer sees a translucent silk painting. The silk depicts elements from the natural world that have medicinal properties. I am interested in the beauty of the small mosaics that nature creates versus a traditional landscape scene. With the current societal trends our bodies and minds are starved for contact with the natural world and I believe it is taking the time to see the simple details is what improves mental health.
Bellow the silk drawings are pen and ink drawings of basic human interactions. Touch, sex, eye contact, affection. These interactions are not only <<medicines>> but I consider them to be a human need. We spend so much time looking at big picture that we miss the how much a simple interaction can influence our well-being. We spend so much time concentrating on judgement that we restrict those needs.
This series is about embracing the simple things and returning to the basics. Although this project is both conceptually and visually is still in its beginning stages, I am excited by the direction of this body of work.
Project Statement
In my professional life, inside and outside of art, I have witnessed the impacts of extreme social anxiety and the mental entrapment of depression. This series focuses on these two conditions and questions the forms of our attention that influence their impact. If we appreciated and honor them as ways of living and being, I believe overall mental health would improve.
The imagery for this developing series is based on natural “medicines”. Initially the viewer sees a translucent silk painting. The silk depicts elements from the natural world that have medicinal properties. I am interested in the beauty of the small mosaics that nature creates versus a traditional landscape scene. With the current societal trends our bodies and minds are starved for contact with the natural world and I believe it is taking the time to see the simple details is what improves mental health.
Bellow the silk drawings are pen and ink drawings of basic human interactions. Touch, sex, eye contact, affection. These interactions are not only <<medicines>> but I consider them to be a human need. We spend so much time looking at big picture that we miss the how much a simple interaction can influence our well-being. We spend so much time concentrating on judgement that we restrict those needs.
This series is about embracing the simple things and returning to the basics. Although this project is both conceptually and visually is still in its beginning stages, I am excited by the direction of this body of work.
The beginning of the idea....
I am your captive,
Sept. 2018 |
In the bushes, Sept 2018
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Medicines Series, Sept 2018
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Medicines Series, Sept. 2018
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Introducing Fine Craft
This September I was selected by YES Montreal to participate in their YES! What the Pop event. I pitched my new product: Silk Drawings. The idea of event was to produce work that was financially accessible to a broad market. I have been working with silk since high school but I had never really figured out how to make it a viable part of my art practice. This changed with this event. I loved the fun that I could have with the imagery, the diverse audience that reacted positively to the work and ultimately it sparked the idea for my long-term project of "Medicines."
This September I was selected by YES Montreal to participate in their YES! What the Pop event. I pitched my new product: Silk Drawings. The idea of event was to produce work that was financially accessible to a broad market. I have been working with silk since high school but I had never really figured out how to make it a viable part of my art practice. This changed with this event. I loved the fun that I could have with the imagery, the diverse audience that reacted positively to the work and ultimately it sparked the idea for my long-term project of "Medicines."
River Life, Sept 2018
Untitled, Sept 2018
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West Coast, Sept 2018
Revisiting Family Dinner (Detail), Aug. 2018
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Peacocks, Sept 2018
An Apple a Day, Sept 2018
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