Artist Statement

While I am still trying to discover and finalize what type of work I want to do and what media I want to work with through experimentation, I want to make art about myself and the insecurities that I have about myself. Specifically, I have been creating art about my self image and my perceptions of myself in relation to social perceptions of masculinity and femininity. I hope to take a more in depth look at how I perceive myself as well as the doubts I hold about who I am.  However,  I’m still unsure of what I hope to accomplish with looking at myself, my flaws, and my identity and issues with it. Furthermore, I want to further experiment with how I use clothing as my medium, through learning new techniques and experimenting with collaged aspects. 
    Recently I have been working with sewn garments and with acrylic paint, creating pieces by sewing these garments and then using them as a canvas. The sewn garments have become quite important for my work as I have been using elements of traditionally masculine or feminine clothing to create my recent works. I tend to choose specific imagery, focusing on flowers such as roses as well as self portraits, eyes, and hands, often with elements of injury or distortion. Much of my process is held in experimentation and I tend to figure out what I want to do as I go along. 
    My most current work has been focusing on incorporating more sculptural and collaged elements into my pieces. I have been continuing to incorporate elements of unreality into my work, using unnaturally colored images and injury to some of the paintings. I have also started to use historical influences in my work, such as taking inspiration from historical pieces of masculine clothing and then contrasting this with some of the imagery.

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