CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE:
DIVINE IMPULSE
I approach figurative painting with particular interest in human behavior. I use the
figure to explore and illustrate how memories are stored and expressed by the body. In
this series, each portrait is a snapshot of a woman dancing alone; there is no apparent
stage, no audience. Her contours are traced by the blanket of nebulous color in the
background. Bold and finer paint strokes delicately intersect to create an illusion of
slight delay in resolution, allowing the surface paint to emerge as movement. This
interplay between blurred and sharp focus lays down the rhythm by which to follow the
dance. The carved-out path suggests that the momentum will continue beyond the edges
of the painting. Special attention is given to the gestures that distinguish each woman: a
quivering lip, a clenched fist or the direction of her gaze. These subtleties contextualize
the dancer’s motivation.
The women in this series dance with the uninhibited grace and coolness that comes when
no one is watching. The dancer roams about the space shaping the surrounding
environment with her moves, redirecting the energy that impels her to shake it off. My
intention is to record this unbridled moment captured in full swing. It is a shared
universal impulse, expressed in a variety of personal and unique styles. Through this
collection of paintings, I memorialize the nomadic thread of rhythm that moves through
each woman, weaving an uninterrupted dance. Much like the live wire carrying
current, once severed from the continuum, each woman dances freely and yet in this
freedom there is solidarity.
DIVINE IMPULSE
I approach figurative painting with particular interest in human behavior. I use the
figure to explore and illustrate how memories are stored and expressed by the body. In
this series, each portrait is a snapshot of a woman dancing alone; there is no apparent
stage, no audience. Her contours are traced by the blanket of nebulous color in the
background. Bold and finer paint strokes delicately intersect to create an illusion of
slight delay in resolution, allowing the surface paint to emerge as movement. This
interplay between blurred and sharp focus lays down the rhythm by which to follow the
dance. The carved-out path suggests that the momentum will continue beyond the edges
of the painting. Special attention is given to the gestures that distinguish each woman: a
quivering lip, a clenched fist or the direction of her gaze. These subtleties contextualize
the dancer’s motivation.
The women in this series dance with the uninhibited grace and coolness that comes when
no one is watching. The dancer roams about the space shaping the surrounding
environment with her moves, redirecting the energy that impels her to shake it off. My
intention is to record this unbridled moment captured in full swing. It is a shared
universal impulse, expressed in a variety of personal and unique styles. Through this
collection of paintings, I memorialize the nomadic thread of rhythm that moves through
each woman, weaving an uninterrupted dance. Much like the live wire carrying
current, once severed from the continuum, each woman dances freely and yet in this
freedom there is solidarity.
