statement
My work deals with the relationships between the idea of a space, color and narrative. Through landscape paintings, I emphasize a feeling of isolation caused by the combination of these elements. The transitory presence of humans in any particular setting causes an innate feeling of exclusion, transforming any landscape into more of a psychological space rather than a mere habitat.
Roads that stretch into a vastness, inaccessible buildings lacking windows and doors, and unidentifiable persons exist in my spaces, isolating the viewer. Detail distinctions are blurred and forms are simplified into almost sculptural shapes. By painting the same landscape repeatedly in either oil or gouache, with slight alterations to color and composition, I eventually paint the idea of a space unfettered to a precise location or time. Isolated shapes of color push the landscape towards abstraction
This lack of specificity transports the viewer into a space and narrative they must in part imagine themselves, reiterating the persistent theme of isolation by making the viewing of the space an individual action rather than a shared experience.