Artist Statement
As a digital and fine artist, I am constantly striving to combine multiple levels of process, imagery, and concept in my work. The idea of the ephemeral and the multiple play important roles in the meaning of my pieces because some installations or projects are meant to have only a temporary existence, whereas others will be duplicated and reproduced numerous times. I hope to visually express these ideas of time and energy through layering by both hand and computer processes. Creating work that is fragile, time-based, or subject to future change reminds me that nothing in life is guaranteed, while working on projects that involve more technology and mass production remind me that living in the moment and looking ahead to progress can also be valuable.
As a consumer and art viewer, I tend to be more drawn to subtle and organic compositions because there is already so much busy, loud visual media out there. I typically use natural forms, limited color palettes, and small details to solve personal questions because I am drawn to the intimacy that these details and subtle color choices request from the viewer. Natural forms, even though they may not be figurative, interest me and influence my work because of the interconnectedness between all living things and the way viewers can still feel a personal relationship to organic forms.
Senior Project
As a digital and fine artist, I am constantly striving to combine multiple levels of process, imagery, and concept in my work. The idea of the ephemeral and the multiple both inspire and influence the way I want to make art because some installations or projects are meant to have only a temporary existence, whereas others will be duplicated and reproduced numerous times. Although the digital print of decisions about decisions may be reprinted infinitely, the folded paper forms and their presentation might never be installed in the same manner again.
I am drawn to methods of planning, organizing, and sorting, especially in relation to the idea of decision making, which along with these ideas of multiplicity and temporality, led me to create work about the way I personally process and reflect on my choices and their consequences. As concepts, decision making and our reactions to problems hold infinite possibilities and opportunities, but in reality there is only one outcome to any given situation. At the beginning of a story, the ending is uncertain, and the same is true at the beginning of each new challenge we face in our lives.
The difference however is that we cannot sit back and wait for decisions to be made for us; we must actively weigh out options and take action if we want to make progress and move forward. Choices and chances that may be taken exist in multiples while only one final outcome will exist. This multiplicity cannot be maintained and in the end it will be the unique, singular choice that remains. Sometimes it is best if our options remain available only temporarily, for if we wait too long to react and make a choice, opportunity will pass us by.