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“My work follows memories and the lack thereof; the fine line between
what we remember and imagine.
The recollection of joy, sadness, past and present, the ghosts of remembrance and our former lives—in short, these expressions are from a memory I’ve never had, a thought of pure imagined sensibilities, and I strive to dis- cover and further understand the physical world from the inside out (or sometimes the outside in).
“Through mixed media, painting, and photography, along with found objects, I seek to find the in-between of reality and daydreams, to consciously explore the unconscious— to discover the deprived memories that never come to the surface, communicating a basic human function and allow- ing it to still have interpretation. Within this framework of comfort and the frailty of memories being expressed, I pull from my own energies of masculine and feminine, strength and sensuality, color and emotion, to create a more inter- pretive form, whether abstract or figurative.
“Carefully orchestrated, these brush strokes, texture, col- lage, and images create movement within a complex dialogue to guide the viewer’s visceral reaction and have them look deeper to examine the differences in all of us.”
Joe klaus