I seek to emphasize the noble failure of trying to
make sense of our surroundings, and the euphoria that
comes when the mechanics of the world flash briefly into focus. In my artwork, I
create generative systems that cross natural systems
(the flight patterns of birds or the way raindrops
roll down a windowpane) with cultural systems such as
language or representational imagery. Each work is a
system wherein
movement and interaction of discrete elements create
outcomes that are unique from moment to moment. I
encode the scientifically researched physical laws of
natural systems in a virtual environment and then let
the system run on its own, generating familiar but
distinct moments. The resultant time-based, generative
work is familiar in its movement and surprising in its
fleeting resolution.
My work-in-progress continues to merge the dynamic
possibilities of contemporary tools with the
millennia-old tradition of mark-making. In looking at
the future of drawing and representational imagery, I
am exploring a system wherein rules govern discrete
abstract elements that build a greater
representational form. I apply the rules of natural
phenomena to colored forms and lines. These natural
dynamics are then altered so that the forms
periodically combine to form representational
drawings. A tension is created between the movement of
the shapes and lines and the forming of
representational images.
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