Natural Liquidation
2017 - 2019
I remember waiting at the bus stop, my classmates and I stuffed into our winter suites. Sometimes we’d knock ice sickles off the house behind us to taste them. One time, a moose walked by across the street. These ordinary moments are connected to my home, the path I took to get to the bus stop, and the school. They spread out like a map.
In this series, locations imbued with memory are layered. The world seems to be filtered through panes of stained glass. And yet, there is discomfort. Memories are lost through the passage of time and the future is uncertain. This series shows the Earth as precious, as a memory keeper, but fragile and changing.
The saturated colors and shifting geography in the work can be seen as coastal erosion and pollution. Roads and other human structures overlap bodies of water. Painted topography is mismatched by the outline of clear acrylic, representing coastal lines that may change. It seems at times as if we are liquidating our natural resources for progress and comfort. At the same time, there is hope.