Portfolio > Finding the Light

Searching for the key
oil on canvas
36.5" x 30"
2024
Harv: time for smells
oil on canvas
36.5" x 30"
2024
Harv: His evening routine
oil on canvas
72" x 54"
2022
Spring Break: The Night We Made Contact
oil on canvas
74" x 60"
2022
Herm: View from my perch
oil on canvas
95" x 60"
2022
Replicant: Seeing his eyes instead of mine
oil on canvas
60" x 90”
2022
Distractions: Herm loved belly rubs
oil on canvas
65" x 95"
2023
Saying "Hello"
oil on canvas
96" x 48"
2023
Long-Distance Rewatch
oil on canvas
32" x 60"
2023
Harvey
oil on canvas
60” x 48”
2024
Studio Reflections: crunch-time
oil on canvas
66" x 96"
2023
the spaces in between
oil on canvas
96" x 84"
2023
Epilogue
oil on canvas
84" x 96"
2024

In Finding the Light, painting is a time-based media. It is a strategy of searching for meaning and hope in the rituals and memories of my daily life. Through the practice of painting, I examine and maintain connections to my chosen family even when space and time keeps us apart. The process of constructing these paintings involves the collection and collaging together of pictorial references from videos, photographs, drawings, and my own memory, all of which have varying degrees of clarity. I excavate these often blurred, dim, or dull images to find the light that is already there.