I believe that being born with one eye legally blind and seeing double
throughout life has had a deep impact on the way I view and navigate this
world. Even to this day my perception of what I see is abstract and
visionary with a tendency for pareidolia. This has manifested in my art. I
see faces and stories in my own and others works that are not always
obvious. Heavy texture calls for my tactile senses which compensate for
my own vision being obscured. I am enticed by organic materials and
textures that draw my hand to touch it, like a magnet which, satisfies a part
of my sentient need that my eyes lack. In contrast, simplicity and bold
simple works of the abstracts ease my eye. Intricate, textured content
emerges from my art. My subconscious wanders and escapes to find faces
and places of other realities, while describing one of my own abstract
emotions or ideas which I can’t quite put into words yet, embraces who I
am with the objective of connecting with others.
Beginning as a makeup artist, I soon began to paint canvases and large
sculptured tribal masks on canvas which later evolved into my bold series,
RISE. Africa and her indigenous people, the music, dance and art inspired
my work throughout the years which gives my art a grounding element,
touching humanity. Today I create multi layered canvases with tiers and
wire constructs adding more layers and blends of paint combined with
matte, luminescence and resin. Obscure faces, figures and scenes
reminiscent of ancient times that morph and alter with lighting and shifts of
ones gaze appear. Ontological inquiries of existence inspire my work, with
a passion for the epistemological study of space time and the possibility of
the existence of other dimensions and cosmic time travel. Questions of life
and death linger. Research and education into the latest scientific theories
by physicists, scientists and astronomers plus discoveries by the Hadron
Collider and The James Webb Telescope combined with my own insights,
has prompted an urgent desire to translate these abstract concepts into
visual narratives. I implore the viewer to contemplate and spark their
curiosity while I provide a visual pathway to the worlds of the intricate
unknown using interference, textures, plexiglass, wire and mirror to give
sustenance and form to these abstruse theories that merge science,
philosophy and art.
“SHRED the BOX” -