Intermingling land, sea, and sky with fragments of domestic interiors, my charcoal drawings are framed with unusual atmospheric events and supernatural lighting and no horizon to anchor them. The viewer possesses a disorienting omnipresent viewpoint—at once hovering above, resting at surface level, and peering beneath the ground to find a coral reef or sunken boat.

I tear, distress, and piece together my drawings, which results in an undulating and textured surface that mimics topography. Interwoven and overlapping, the seams become mountain ranges, fissures, or dark scars. These terrains are settings for hallucinatory scenes where metaphorical objects point to psychological states, and images of artic holes, melting glaciers, or a lone animal contemplating a desolate scene hint at concern for our warming planet and signify our precarious condition and vulnerability in the face of real threats.

Through the careful blending of charcoal and delicate erasure, minutely scaled images are tucked into spaces that connect in a network of interlocking vignettes—each drawing a tangled constellation of small events. The work draws upon a variety of sources such as Buddhist teachings, contemporary fiction, news events, and poetry. At a moment when our lives are shaped more by fleeting events than a stable world view, my drawings, with their sutured-together fragments, discloses an understanding of forces operating in the world through the lens of personal experience.

2024