Shortly after moving to Mallorca I began to photograph the abundant activity in the construction and destruction of properties on the island. I observe the antique mixing with the modern, sometimes harmoniously, sometimes in conflict.
What piques my curiosity most are the façades left behind after the demolition of a neighboring building. For a few short months, one can see the imprint left on the walls of lives once lived. It is a cross-section of changing generations of ownership. I mimic this process in my works by using discarded construction materials and painting over my own paintings.
In combination with these photographs, I collect objects and stories that relate to change over time, more specifically, that relate to how people create a home, both metaphorically and figuratively speaking.
I begin with a gathering of concrete visual references: photographs of crumbling or dismantled homes, rusted remnants of cast-off objects from construction sites; scraps of wallpaper. These things are the artefacts of a vacated dwelling, the debris of daily living. Like pieces of evidence whispering, “ I was here”. I use these images, materials, and personal anecdotes as my foundation to create responses to the search for home.
How I combine materials emphasizes the transformation of the man-made back to organic form, making useful again surfaces altered by the passage of time and often, by neglect. They are my contribution to the continuum of human behavior, my expression of how our experiences imitate the patterns and forms found in nature and the surroundings we manipulate.
What piques my curiosity most are the façades left behind after the demolition of a neighboring building. For a few short months, one can see the imprint left on the walls of lives once lived. It is a cross-section of changing generations of ownership. I mimic this process in my works by using discarded construction materials and painting over my own paintings.
In combination with these photographs, I collect objects and stories that relate to change over time, more specifically, that relate to how people create a home, both metaphorically and figuratively speaking.
I begin with a gathering of concrete visual references: photographs of crumbling or dismantled homes, rusted remnants of cast-off objects from construction sites; scraps of wallpaper. These things are the artefacts of a vacated dwelling, the debris of daily living. Like pieces of evidence whispering, “ I was here”. I use these images, materials, and personal anecdotes as my foundation to create responses to the search for home.
How I combine materials emphasizes the transformation of the man-made back to organic form, making useful again surfaces altered by the passage of time and often, by neglect. They are my contribution to the continuum of human behavior, my expression of how our experiences imitate the patterns and forms found in nature and the surroundings we manipulate.