Tethered Worlds

Framed and suspended prints on view in 2018 at Youngers Gallery of Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, CO.

Tethered Worlds

We are woven into a delicate layer of this earth’s lengthy life, a seam in time. How can I tap into the rich history of the past and listen to what it has to say? How has the past revealed itself to me, and what are the larger truths of this discovery? As an artist, my response is understood visually through making seemingly disparate notions feel connected, even dependent on one another.

Tethered World translates landscape imagery similar to the Japanese Ukiyo-E (or Floating World) woodcuts with subtle abstractions of form and color. The landscapes are referenced from some of my favorite places and experiences with embellished patterns and symbolic incorporations. The resulting works remind me to pay attention to the beauty and wonder that I encounter in my daily life that feels exotic and illuminating amongst the daily tasks. 

I am striving for the knowledge of the old. I am extracting the poetic observance and artistic practice of artists such as Botticelli (Italian-1400s), Hokusai (Japanese-1800s), and Frankenthaler (Jewish American-1900s) through my own voice. My hope is to bring this knowledge and language into a contemporary conversation on how we record, interpret and interact with our natural surroundings and the history laden within these surroundings.