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Obstacles, Roadblocks and Bliss

MFA Solo Show, Azusa Pacific University - July 13, 2014

17th Century Japanese Poet Mizuta Masahide wrote, “Barns burnt down…now I can see the moon.” I believe there is great maturity and wisdom in this statement. Often it is difficult to see the joy or goodness from trauma or sorrow. This work I have created explores the growth emerging from death, new life from ashes and the abundance of a new season as another comes to an end. To do this, I use objects and symbols that are unlikely vessels to carry the message of hope.

Experimentation, documentation and illustration are the language that I employ in trying to find meaning and clarity of the aforementioned subject matter. I believe that personal and societal trauma leaves its mark as an affect that is difficult to identify whilst in its throws, and that none of us are immune to this portion of the human condition.

Opening up a deeper dialogue in relation to trauma, and  the subject of death and resurrection is analogous within my art.