24X30” Acrylic on canvas

Signed + dated by the artist

AS THE MODERN WORLD MARCHES TOWARDS THE FUTURE AT AN UNTHINKABLE PACE, THERE IS A MURMUR, A PAUSE; WE’RE LONGING FOR A REASSURANCE WE CAN’T PLACE. A FEVER DREAM. A BARRIER BETWEEN THE MANMADE AND THE NATURAL. HOW ARE THESE SEPARATE FROM ONE ANOTHER?

OUR COLLECTIVE APPEARS DESPERATELY HUNGRY FOR INTEGRITY, FOR SOMETHING TANGIBLE: SWIMMING THROUGH THE SEA OF EXPECTATIONS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS, YEARNING FOR THE ROOTS OF STABILITY. WHEN DID WE DETACH OURSELVES FROM THE NATURAL WORLD? THE TENSION BETWEEN THE BARRIER WE’VE HELD WITH THE WILD AND THE WILD HAS HELD WITHIN US.

HOW DO THESE MEMORIES AND SENSATIONS STORE THEMSELVES WITHIN OUR CELLS, OUR SKIN, OUR BODIES? WHERE DOES THE DISORDER, COMFORT, STRAIN, HARMONY INTERSECT? CAN WE REMEMBER WHO WE WERE BEFORE?