The Fox, as a subject, is threaded throughout folklore as a cunning and sly creature that takes multiple forms to survive. I often see myself in the mode of adaptation, when life moves from one stage to the next. Using animals as placebos for humans helps me build a narrative that is less literal and helps to leave the painting up for free interpretation.
The use of embroidery with my work brings a depth of expression that I have found more successful than painting. Incorporating the collage and fabric onto the canvas allows me to interact with paint onto my new surface.
Most of the work consists of postcards, showing landscapes, motels and cityscapes we’re chosen in a process of elimination, where if the reaction to the image was still present, it was kept for work. Using the vibrant thread on the flat surface creates an image that’s bring brought back to live, to the time when it was first developed. Reawakening emotions and memories are fascinating as the development of the memory itself is complicated.
Sculpting paint onto the canvas came natural to me, as the brush was the obvious first choice; the pallet knife gave a freedom of movement and created a more in-depth illusion. The roughed up image and half-finished scrapes gave off a blurred memory or a fragment of time stood still.
The use of embroidery with my work brings a depth of expression that I have found more successful than painting. Incorporating the collage and fabric onto the canvas allows me to interact with paint onto my new surface.
Most of the work consists of postcards, showing landscapes, motels and cityscapes we’re chosen in a process of elimination, where if the reaction to the image was still present, it was kept for work. Using the vibrant thread on the flat surface creates an image that’s bring brought back to live, to the time when it was first developed. Reawakening emotions and memories are fascinating as the development of the memory itself is complicated.
Sculpting paint onto the canvas came natural to me, as the brush was the obvious first choice; the pallet knife gave a freedom of movement and created a more in-depth illusion. The roughed up image and half-finished scrapes gave off a blurred memory or a fragment of time stood still.