Words Matter
This is a sampling of a large group of pieces developed during the last 6-7 years, starting with the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign. I was using mixed media materials (collage, image transfer, stencils, drawing, painting) to sort through my own thoughts and responses to language being used by politicians. Our entire reality is built on words and I saw a fissure in reality - people believing two high contrast versions of events. One belief seemed to be developed using a warping of language. Therefore, much of my work is text based.
The act of creating exposes my own visceral responses to contemporary issues while prompting me to question my responses and shift the way I see things. Making the work forces me to recognize my own biases and assumptions, to learn more about what I don’t understand and to pay close attention to the sources of information I believe. A willingness to recognize the inevitable fallacy in each of our narrow perspectives is a great gift. In my case, this gift arrives through art making.
