Adrift
I’ve been working on an evolving series of cityscapes which reflect my view of the world as a changeable nervous construction. Using real places and elements of the landscape as sort of building blocks, I’ve been building and rebuilding my own cities in painstaking, almost meditative detail, tinkering with them as I try to make sense of the world.
Lately—in these strange and exhausting days, I’ve been thinking a lot about uncertainty. In my recent paintings, that uncertainty and the idea of feeling or being lost is a new focus for me. A profound lostness which could be the unsettling experience of finding yourself in a world turning alien around you, or more optimistically, a lostness that could lead to a hopeful escape to a new world. These paintings show a desire to escape into nature which unfortunately seems to be on a shakier ground than ever, with the threat of the changing climate. For better or worse, buildings are breaking free from the superstructures of previous paintings. Though I hope for the best, my paintings frequently express my anxiety for society and our world.
