Statement

 

My work explores the relationship between artistic creation and the self. For me, drawing and painting are expressions of the struggle for personal meaning and authenticity. Although the creative process frequently offers more questions than answers, it offers greater self-awareness and highlights aspects of personal identity. My search for a clearer sense of self has led me to explore the tension between abstraction and figurative imagery and the tension between improvisation and planned ways of working. My practice is a personally expressive endeavor in which intuition and ambiguity play major roles in a responsive painting process. Through my work, I strive to grasp my shifting, often contradictory, sense of self and better understand my relation to other people.

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