Skeletal Waters Painting

I paint and collage different publications to raise questions regarding the new “normal.” Materials such as sheets of newspaper and magazine are painted, ripped, and reapplied to the surface, building a textured appearance that suggests an urban space. Layers revealing unexpected flashes of color and obscured, printed phrases create a conjoined image, and allude to the issues affecting our current social and political landscape. Through an additive and reductive process, my work constructs a psychological space of association by using words to provoke and reflect the condition of my evolving environment.