Artistic Statement
I am an artist based in rural Georgia, working with painting and textile as interconnected yet opposing practices. My practice unfolds as a pendulum between two states: overload and deceleration. Painting accumulates visual noise and tension, while textile translates it into a bodily experience and concentration. The interaction between these media creates a space where perception oscillates between saturation and the possibility of returning to sensation.
In my paintings, I work with mixed media including painting, drawing, collage, embroidery, and personal archives of labels and stickers. By layering accumulated materials and textures, I construct dense compositions that embody visual noise and the informational pressure of contemporary life.
Textile, in contrast, functions as a bodily alternative to this condition. Through repetitive rhythmic movements of the tufting gun and the monotonous process of inserting threads into the fabric, I create a practice of slowing down and concentration. Color in my textile works operates as an autonomous force. By using the full color spectrum, I create tension between aggressive, artificial palettes and organic textures.
This contradiction holds the work in a state of simultaneous attraction and unease.
My practice becomes a process of self-observation, where tension and opposition serve as tools for examining perception and returning to a sensorial mode of experience.
I am an artist based in rural Georgia, working with painting and textile as interconnected yet opposing practices. My practice unfolds as a pendulum between two states: overload and deceleration. Painting accumulates visual noise and tension, while textile translates it into a bodily experience and concentration. The interaction between these media creates a space where perception oscillates between saturation and the possibility of returning to sensation.
In my paintings, I work with mixed media including painting, drawing, collage, embroidery, and personal archives of labels and stickers. By layering accumulated materials and textures, I construct dense compositions that embody visual noise and the informational pressure of contemporary life.
Textile, in contrast, functions as a bodily alternative to this condition. Through repetitive rhythmic movements of the tufting gun and the monotonous process of inserting threads into the fabric, I create a practice of slowing down and concentration. Color in my textile works operates as an autonomous force. By using the full color spectrum, I create tension between aggressive, artificial palettes and organic textures.
This contradiction holds the work in a state of simultaneous attraction and unease.
My practice becomes a process of self-observation, where tension and opposition serve as tools for examining perception and returning to a sensorial mode of experience.
