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In my work I allow fantastic scenes, creatures, sensations, to materialize. To draw from the dirt, extracting a story from essence woven into a dream. Using signs, animals, color, sound, wood, bones, fabric, and smell to go into the subterranean, speaking subconscious to subconscious. I incorporate various forms of natural and digital technology to serve the creation of a palpable dream reality.
An alternative reality the viewer is invited to step into to find messages buried in the arrangement of forms, experiencing reflection that compounds within the work and body. My work is close to magical realism, folk art, group rituals, art through conjuration, post-apocalyptic art, contemporary dissolution, and mystic theatrical art. I work with multiple mediums in my practice, switching between materials with a focus on elevation of common place through investment of energy.
The viewer is welcomed to move their awareness behind, to the side, under, within, shimmering over to subvert the constraints of language and the perception of sequential time. To allow space for recognition or confusion, leaving messages for oneself layers outside, to weave in and out, to touch wildness.