My artwork explores the intersections of place and the related intense emotions surrounding expansion and contraction tied to places through vibrant mixed-media monotypes. For the past four years, my renewed artistic practice has centered on printmaking and is heavily inspired by travel and exploration of the new and unfamiliar built environment. I am interested in documenting places ranging from urban landscapes, such as the Grand Canal in Venice, to the intimacy of an interior space, such as a printmaking studio's reading room. I build my prints using layers of deep, saturated color, aiming to create energetic tension. This gives finished works a joyful, almost celebratory quality, even as the places and experiences inspiring them may carry more complicated emotional associations. More recently, I have playfully used embossment and layering to challenge the viewer’s sense of boundaries and spatial perception.
