Throughout the last several years my work has focused on a self referential position in painting. Recurring themes of animals, athletics, curtains or folds have anchored my compositions and served as a platform to insert the symbols that represent personal grief, love and art history I think about most often.
Using a floor (wood grain or tiles) as a location but also as a subject lets me invite the viewers into a thinking space but also a physical space that they may recognize. This nod to physical material which often frames our home experience is personal but also universal. I recognize I am in a long line of artists throughout art history that have paid close attention to the interior space of the home and the craft of such materials (e.g., Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Guston, Bonnard, Jasper Johns and Yvonne Jaquette).
I have been deeply curious about the way scale can function as a catalyst for the psychological in the work as well. I want the paintings to be built out of the same logic in which we all piece together our lives; so I source each painting from many references. Often this means a tilted perspective or enlarged scale of forms to challenge hierarchies of importance.
Using specific light sources & multiple perspectives to confuse the viewer’s understanding of space is important. Diverging perspectives as a tool to narrate and confuse a painting space reflects multiple perspectives. In doing so, it shows there is not one truth or way to read them. This reflects how I understand the world and the way I move through it.
These paintings are slowly observed and carefully conjured sharing my everyday experience of living, loss and joy.
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Two Coates of Paint:
Review of Yulia Losilzon at Carvhallo Park, 2019
The Curator:
Interview with Danielle Orchard - 2018
The Curator:
On Influence - 2016
Writing:
Art Savvy: The Continuum of Drawing
Art Savvy: David McDonough
Art Savvy: Leeza Meksin
Art Savvy: Emilie Stark-Menneg
Art Savvy: Danielle Orchard
Art Savvy: Will Hutnick
Art Savvy: Eric Hibit
Art Savvy: On Scale, Corydon Cowsanage
Art Savvy - Rebecca Ness
Two Coats of Paint: A Story of Connection
An L.A. Artist Residency 2016