My paintings are a documentation of personal and everyday life
experiences and observations. They represent a natural sanctuary for
trust, self-confidence and clarity. Like any life experience, they are
reminiscent of good and not so good moments convolved and
transcribed in some distilled form in layers of colors, recognizable
imagery, mark making, and unreadable text. We live in an era with an
amazing amount of information at our fingertips and an ever-shorter time
to absorb and react to changes. At times, the sheer speed of these
changes challenges our sense of self and security. The act of painting is
an antidote and a reminder to deliberately slow down, and let moments
flow and attempt to capture the essence of some experience forever. The
illegible texts are a significant element of the works because they are the
characterization of communications and words surrounding an
experience. Words affect us in one way or another and shape our
perception and response to events. Words bring us comfort. Words
bring us pain. But more often that not, the unspoken affects us the most.
experiences and observations. They represent a natural sanctuary for
trust, self-confidence and clarity. Like any life experience, they are
reminiscent of good and not so good moments convolved and
transcribed in some distilled form in layers of colors, recognizable
imagery, mark making, and unreadable text. We live in an era with an
amazing amount of information at our fingertips and an ever-shorter time
to absorb and react to changes. At times, the sheer speed of these
changes challenges our sense of self and security. The act of painting is
an antidote and a reminder to deliberately slow down, and let moments
flow and attempt to capture the essence of some experience forever. The
illegible texts are a significant element of the works because they are the
characterization of communications and words surrounding an
experience. Words affect us in one way or another and shape our
perception and response to events. Words bring us comfort. Words
bring us pain. But more often that not, the unspoken affects us the most.
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