Growing up in an old house with walls covered in 1800s, 1900s landscapes and portraits, I found myself trying to understand where I existed in this wealth of classical historic art context. I am still finding myself deeply rooted to a collaborative conversation with art’s representational past rather than leaving it completely behind.
I think that creativity needs a structure to be nurtured within, and when it comes time, I love breaking out of that structure. As I struggle to find my place in the more contemporary lines of conceptual visual work, I find myself making the art I want to see and not getting lost in what my art should look like.
In the same way I break out, I look to fold back in. I work to actively address contemporary problems while using modified tools of the past.
Artists and thinkers I liken myself to are current classicalist Walton Ford, German expressionist Franz Marc, Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, and contemporary sculptress Beth Carver.