My studio work is illustrative in nature, with each piece telling a part of a story as if it’s sitting on a page of a book. It stands as a record of pain and recovery, with emotions time-stamped in memory and replayed on paper. Each piece either illustrates the agony through visceral abstractions of grit and distress, or the rise from torment through more literal parables.
The tedious act of drawing infinite details helps me illustrate the time it takes to overcome the memory stamped within. Each drawn piece calls upon an allegory to explain the events they describe. I use color sparingly or not at all, allowing the darkness and contrast of graphite and charcoal to grip the viewer, instilling a sense of ominous foreboding or uneasiness about the unknown.
