My recent paintings are built through a process of exploring the notions of recollection and collection. I am interested in how memory works as a constructive process that reproduces, filters, changes, and interprets the past.

My work speaks through the familiarity of the home, where spaces of our everyday, entwine perpetually with the memories and associations of our experiences. While a house is often referred to as a home, the concept of 'home' is broader than a physical dwelling. Home is often a place of refuge and safety, where worldly cares fade. Home in terms of where one grew up. In effect, home is a type of time, rather than a place.

To spend time in front of these paintings is to see them change. Figures and objects will move in and out of the viewer's attention, as each painting seems to present an analysis of the processes of seeing and remembering.




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