| Description |
What happens inside our minds is often just as important as what transpires in the; natural world. These private thoughts, feelings, emotions and ambitions are crucial; in forming our being. Although difficult to access and sometimes accept, these; fragments that make up our psyche can be contradictory in nature and frequently; embody dualities that create conflicting desires within us. The work in Surface...ing; explores conflicting psychological issues, creating emotional narratives that, in; most of my pieces are situated directly on top of the heads of a series of female; busts. Working with red clay imbedded with colorful mosaic chips, I created full female figures that address the archetypal female psyche. I then crafted more specific depictions of individual women and their psychological dramas with a series of busts. Finally, I used half- female/half-dog forms to focus on the domestication of women. Each sculpture's unanswered questions lead me to the next. The ideas I developed during this project cultivated many new ways of thinking about my work and artistic practice, as I continue studying how to visually evoke emotion and speak about human identity. |
