Squiggle Systems

Description

My current body of work is a personal exploration of control during my process. I have modified my own practice to give space for spontaneity in specific circumstances. For instance, not planning composition and printing from a predetermined group of shapes or switching out different variations of color for the same layer within a series of prints. There is spontaneity not only in my actions but surprises in the end product of overlapped colors and their blending that I embrace.

I push and pull precision with play. The playfulness comes through the fluidity of the shapes and bright color palettes. These palettes are balanced, but bold, using neons and custom mixed colors. I want the viewer to feel how excited I was to make the print and feel the energy that the shapes create interacting in compositions.

My work lives in the abstract; drawn from my own intuitive hand are shapes without a reference in reality. I am not trying to explain or depict the natural world. I study the dimensional, rounded, organic, and fluid forms I have deemed "squiggles" and how their compositions support the in-between spaces and each other.