“I began making my current body of work as way of exploring my long-standing interest in the difference between the physiological process of sight, and the psychological and cognitive aspect of perception. I am fascinated by the way that people build narratives, interpret visual spaces and extract meaning from visual information.
I mix images, textures and materials on canvas or panel to mimic the walls and streets of public spaces. This layering of the personal, natural, commercial and social creates a tension among the messages as they fight to remain at the surface. In this mix of images and objects, the surface contains a microcosmic representation of the local culture. Posters, graffiti, flyers and civic over-paintings mingle with soot, water damage, leftover fragments, scratches and scribblings. …”
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