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.
