Incidentally and anxiously, I discover and draw from the meanderings of the female image in fashion advertising, as it addresses me. I treat the cultural, commercial and personal as one in my work, through a process of collecting, collaging and manipulating fashion and personal images into my paintings. Elements coexist in my paintings to describe the anxiety associated with inhabiting a mediated self-consciousness. Edges disintegrate, limbs distort, paint melts into skin, and glances confront in discord.
Through a collage process I manipulate the images to deflect their meaning and intention. I then paint from the collages. Identity loss and re-development is explored through this process. Through the manipulation of surface texture and paint handling I'm working to convey the psychological and personal struggle in dealing with self-evaluation, appeal and the anxiety that drives consumption.
I carry an incongruous collection of images in my mind as they stuff my mailbox, invade and clutter my space. I respond, answer, and react to their aggression through painting.
Through a collage process I manipulate the images to deflect their meaning and intention. I then paint from the collages. Identity loss and re-development is explored through this process. Through the manipulation of surface texture and paint handling I'm working to convey the psychological and personal struggle in dealing with self-evaluation, appeal and the anxiety that drives consumption.
I carry an incongruous collection of images in my mind as they stuff my mailbox, invade and clutter my space. I respond, answer, and react to their aggression through painting.
