Deconstructing Constructs

This new body of work reflects my interest and exploration in the possibilities of abstraction; realizing shapes into forms, situated at the intersection of multiple disciplines—painting, sculpture, design, and pedagogy.

The concept for this exhibition was to engage the gallery space as a playground of color, shape and form, a space for lingering, exploring - and if the stars align, one for daydreaming. The work is abstract and playful and invites the viewer to experience the artwork both visually and physically.

The work includes abstract, loosely geometric, and brightly colored puffy paintings, a bookshelf and an interactive sculpture, all situated between art and design. It’s intuitive, with a heavy dose of playfulness, but grounded in a consistent process with a central goal of challenging preconceptions.

Each work starts out as a series of simple, sometimes awkward, pencil sketches—more than a gesture, less than a precise design— which is then further developed through color, maquettes and considerations of scale, ultimately leading to a finished work of art.

In Deconstructing Constructs, I ask: when is a painting a sculpture; or a sculpture, a bench? How much do we allow our collective preconceptions to dictate what something is, or can be? Creative investigation ought to be without fear or assumption; there are no “wrong answers.” It’s a process of searching that welcomes new ideas and challenges existing perceptions, while employing the freedom of art-making to manifest abstract concepts as physical objects, landmarks of exploration. In sculpture, anything is possible.