Thursday, January 27, 2011

Art for me is much more than just form in space, even though that is the way I often convey my message. My recent work is based mostly on human interaction and how each person is finding his or her way through life. Metaphors are often incorporated in many artworks including my own. My drawings Persistence I and II really utilize a living structure to convey a message of searching or continual searching without giving up. I started Persistence I with the idea of navigation and architectural spaces. Through a long thought process and many drawings, I found myself becoming concentrated into those works. I want to take my journey through life and start to dissect pieces and understand why I am on the so called "path" that I have chosen, and been shaped into.
Many of my other recent works have touched on the ideas of inequalities and discrimination. I find that racial separation and social economic status separation are large parts of society. I find that in my life that the idea social economic status relationships are very important to me and how I perceive certain groups and activities. The separation between social classes is very distinct and will never really vanish, but is an issue I like to address in my works.