Artist Statement
My artworks revolve around my fascination of being able to create something out of "nothing," more specifically, joining objects together to create artworks. Just like how a house is constructed from different parts of wood, cement, nails, tiles, paint, etc. my artworks are built with the same concept. Renderings of three-dimensional objects on a blank two-dimensional surface are possible through series of lines and shading, a sculpture made out of different recycled parts, and a website from words linked together in a coding format are only a few creations that can be made out of "nothing," or rather, from different resources arranged together. My artworks use this fascination by focusing on the study of an object or concept in detail and how they can interact visually and/or physically with the viewers. One example consists of my book projects, which need viewers to physically flip through the pages and open or pull pages out. The books seek viewers' responses to the discovery of something within the books that may not have been found if viewers only briefly flipped through the pages. Similarly, my paintings on still lifes ask viewers to think about the details of the objects being represented and how color can alter the mood and/or feeling of the objects. Furthermore, one series of my paintings examines the purpose of lines and asks viewers to consider the representation of three-dimensional layers on a two-dimensional space through the shapes formed by the lines and the various colors used in those shapes.
My artworks revolve around my fascination of being able to create something out of "nothing," more specifically, joining objects together to create artworks. Just like how a house is constructed from different parts of wood, cement, nails, tiles, paint, etc. my artworks are built with the same concept. Renderings of three-dimensional objects on a blank two-dimensional surface are possible through series of lines and shading, a sculpture made out of different recycled parts, and a website from words linked together in a coding format are only a few creations that can be made out of "nothing," or rather, from different resources arranged together. My artworks use this fascination by focusing on the study of an object or concept in detail and how they can interact visually and/or physically with the viewers. One example consists of my book projects, which need viewers to physically flip through the pages and open or pull pages out. The books seek viewers' responses to the discovery of something within the books that may not have been found if viewers only briefly flipped through the pages. Similarly, my paintings on still lifes ask viewers to think about the details of the objects being represented and how color can alter the mood and/or feeling of the objects. Furthermore, one series of my paintings examines the purpose of lines and asks viewers to consider the representation of three-dimensional layers on a two-dimensional space through the shapes formed by the lines and the various colors used in those shapes.