Exploring New Territories is an inquiry into the threshold of the unknown. This series investigates the tension between mastered tradition and the impulse to breach established boundaries.
Central to this body of work is a recurring visual vocabulary of wire mesh and circular apertures. I utilize watercolor, printmaking, and digital media not merely as techniques, but as distinct lenses—each medium offering a different perspective on the same structural forms. While my large-scale installations provide a physical experience of the "opening," the two-dimensional works allow for a microscopic or atmospheric deconstruction of the same geometry. This multi-layered approach examines the "bubble" of the known and the transformative power of the breach, asking: What happens to our perspective when the structures that once contained us become the gateways to what is next?
New Things, Old Ways, 1 - 8
Watercolor and ink on paper, 13 ¾ x 10 ½ inches each
A Matter of Perspective
Diptych, Digital images on Plexiglass, 13 ½ x 24 inches each
Preserving Memories 1, 2, and 3
Encaustic, watercolor, and ink on board, 10 x 8 inches each
Some Things Are Here to Stay
Acrylic, ink, sequins, resin on wood, 24 inches diameter