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Above, below and what falls between
In this new series, I’ve shifted formal and narrative focus, using water—and its physical qualities of depth, fluidity, and transparency—as a metaphor for existential states. The surface of water is a liminal plane, a threshold between the known world and the mystery lying unseen in the depths below.
Drawn from collage studies, old photographs, and photo illustrations found in vintage Red-Cross water safety manuals, the water imagery in my art is a natural extension of my personal experiences as a swimmer and as a lifeguard.
The figures in this series are set in reductive surroundings, shown doubled or mirrored, to emphasize the qualities of ambiguity and duality. The settings can be read as open-ended metaphors—for escape, encounters with uncertainty, confronting the unknown, searching for the lost other. Implied but not resolved, the undefined spaces and meanings leave room for interpretation.
Beyond the narrative juxtapositions of self/other, absence/presence, and mind/body are the polarities of the materials themselves; patient, controlled pencil work overlaid with fluid paint, organic, accidental, and unpredictable, like the nature of reality itself.
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