PARTS OF SELF

2023 series in progress

We leave parts of ourselves in every place we inhabit and every moment we live.  This collection of paintings is inspired by the way remembering a place in time can bring to life unresolved feelings felt in that space.  In painting these pieces, I have attempted to connect with the parts of myself that may still be living in old memories.  Drawing from images of nature, this series poses the experiences and feelings of my past self as a landscape to be explored.  By acting as both creator and observer of these landscapes, the paintings are expressions of the desire to know and understand myself.  They are reaching back to hold the hand that needed to be held.  Sharing a new perspective on an old misunderstanding.  Each painting is an exercise of self-acknowledgement.  Together, they are a celebration of being.