Artist's Statement
I am intrigued by the hidden and the contained.
I seek to demonstrate, through metaphor, our hidden relationships
with ourselves and others, how we are "contained" in
our everyday lives. We live, travel and work in containers; we
hold our experiences, thoughts, joys, and pain within our body
container. Deep inside, in an even more closely held container,
is our most vulnerable self, the self that is infinitely fragile
and therefore the most heavily guarded. The key to opening this
container is not easily discovered and sometimes never fount.
Does the outside of the container represent in any way what is
hidden on the inside? Aren't the hidden aspects , the secret spaces,
the most intriguing part of who we are? Is the hiding representative
of deception or protection. How does the expected contrast with
the revealed? Does it contrast? Can every container be opened
if only we find the key? Has the key been intentionally buried
in order to protect the Vulnerable Inner?
I attempt to demonstrate the inner conflict of protect or reveal
through construction of multi-layered images. I use a variety
of materials, including found objects, to try and elicit the textures
of ones life. It is only in the process of creating the forms
that I discover the shape of any container.The concept and it's
possibilities are my beginning place, the forms come during the
process itself.
