I am intrigued by the floral shape and profile when immersed
in water and how this newly enlarged, abstracted form becomes transfigured into
a liminal world. Removed from its landscape to a watery oasis momentarily
delays recognition, blurring the line between scale, space and time.
To experience the
liminal is to stand at the edge between two segments of time. This liminal zone
offers a space for reflection, a release from that which comes before or after.
It is a place of possibilities, growth and spiritual transformation. Liminality comes from
the Latin word limen, meaning
threshold.
Cool, clear water with its flickering, ever changing light
source, is my canvas. Fragile and fleeting, the water's restless energy,
movement and temporary suspended stillness is my creative playground. This is
where I find solace, where sounds become rhythmic, where ideas are born and
momentary beauty observed.
Desert flowers, magnified by the camera lens become
sculptural, buoyant in a tideline between air and water, captured in an eternal
fragility of light. Forever balancing life's breath, these flowers play a
leading role as the beautiful and ephemeral, celebrating the cyclical nature of
life. Reaching for their last glimpse of light, I contemplate one's own life
and it's passing.
My past experience as a lithographer has been instrumental
in each work's technical layering of information.All of these hybrid works are unique, one of a kind and are archival.
They begin with images photographed underwater. These images are then enlarged,
placed onto a transparent film and sandwiched with layers of Mylar painted with
acrylic gouache paint.When light
moves through the layers of film and Mylar it casts subtle shadows adding depth
and a jewel-like brightness to each work.