MULTI MEDIA

This multi-media project combines photographic transfers and acrylic on panel. Through this combination, surreal environments have been created that present unique personas of the subjects transformed through the mind's eye. A new language is born by tying these two sources together, that of which both draw life from each other and orbit around the same concept, creating one of a kind portraits that draw questions of existence and mortality.

MIRRORING OF THE SOUL

These images combine states of meditative self-consciousness with exoticism and decadence. Many of these images possess an air of otherworldliness, of imaginative realms whence the waters of creativity and sensuality spring from the same well. These images address self-consciousness as a tool for finding peace and looking within to find the soul urges that need fulfillment. Who we are is a question that will always be asked and life is just a journey into finding yourself. These works of art are reflections of our spiritual nature, which transcends human form. The spirit uses the body as a vehicle to find itself and fulfill lessons in life. This body of work incorporates reflective surfaces such as water, mirrors and oil, colored gels, a projector and the human form. By combining these ingredients, a surreal world is created where the light bounces off of the surfaces and dances on the human body. The world in which they are born is unnatural to the human eye; it is only captured in each frame separately. The images incorporate figures submerged in water and other surfaces reflecting back into an altered state of consciousness, which acts as a vehicle into the sources of poetic vision.

SUBMERGED AWAKENINGS SERIES
This body of work incorporates images of different figures submerged in water and other surfaces reflecting back into an altered state of consciousness. By exploring the mind, which has unusual access to unconscious material, the work strongly comments on the ideas of consciousness, existence and conception, while also including social examinations into the work. Looking at ancient fertility symbols from goddesses to earth based items that symbolize fertility, every symbol is part of the natural world and links to primitive civilizations. From early civilizations to present day society, we all know that existence depends on the renewal of fertility. This series, “Submerged Awakenings”, deals with these ideas and the images have been presented in multiple layered prints on transparency film, which creates three dimensions. The layering of images comment on the layering of ourselves: physical, mental and emotional.

SCULPTURES
This body of work stems from the human inclination to imitate and interpret aspects of our daily life. I am inspired and intrigued by the configuration of the human body and existence, which surrounds me, and I have chosen to create a sculptural body of work diving into these ideas. In my sculptures, I work with fundamental principles of form and design, while combining a delicacy of expression and symbolic representation.
The sculptures have a combination of sensual and surreal qualities that draw questions of existence and mortality. By creating these sculptures with clay, wood, thread and clock parts, I embody a world in which the figures are paused in time, reflecting into an altered state of consciousness. Gears and clock parts refer to the psychology of our own minds and the machine-like wiring of our physical body. By combining these concepts, I have created a body of work that incorporates ideas such as existential confusion, psychology and the machine-like wiring of our bodies and minds. By creating this body of work, I am letting the viewer understand and cope with their own evolving ideas about mortality itself. Who we are is a question that will always be asked and life is just a journey into finding yourself.