Artist Statement
Your eyes blink open to the blinding light, which warms your face until your surroundings come into focus. Your lungs expand and are filled with damp warm air. You are nowhere you have been before. I imagine myself in an unknown world, and this is my state of mind when I create.
With a focus on textural elements the intention is to amplify the temptations of touching the surfaces. Sticky surfaces and drips of slime provide a feeling that there is life just beneath the surface. This work is my interpretation of the natural world around me. It is a series of specimens that showcases behaviors and characteristics I have seen in nature. This body of work is meant to set you in a place of discomfort. The natural world is full of grotesque and uncomfortable moments, but in these moments there is beauty; there is life. |
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