I am drawn to the vocabulary of transformation. The rubble and raw material, scaffolding and tarps presuppose a need for change and the hope that change is possible. These forms admit to being alterable, vulnerable, and incomplete. We all wrestle with our own histories and potentials. Materially and metaphorically, humans are in constant negotiations: What will go, what will remain, and who will we become?

Several tensions nag at me, particularly the space between material and metaphor, as well as that between mind and body. In my work, these tensions are felt in the interplay of the visual and kinesthetic components. The paintings in monochrome blue serve to quiet the images of destruction and construction; they are introspective and require our eyes to adjust. Meanwhile, the physical elements trigger a kinesthetic means of understanding change. Here, both are removed from any context, opening up questions and possibilities.