Process and Thought: Relics Relics is a series dealing with communal memory and the ascribing of historical and spiritual value. Intricate and layered, the paintings are objectified through patinaed nails piercing the surface to attach to a wooden support. The series is based largely upon almost a year of observation and reflection within the abandoned upper floors of a derelict hospital, now made church. Forgotten objects and space interact in stillness, still affected by time.
I paint to communicate, to synthesize and deal with memories and collective history. My art is the creation of painted objects that reflect reality, eroding the line between Western abstraction and figuration. Abstraction is a process of memory and expression. It takes elements and ideas from observed reality and results in synthesized composites of imagery and emotion. Click here to read the rest of the artist's statement that goes along with Relics...