In my highly rendered acrylic paintings, animals and natural elements create a narrative exploring the ideas of life, death, rebirth and growth. This imagery symbolizes change, perseverance and evolution that contribute to the essence of being.
Life is cyclical. A living entity is formed. It grows, reproduces, withers and dies. Within this loop there are more intricate cycles where living things expand, contract, persevere and grow. From death, new life arises. Humans desperately attempt to control and manipulate this truth, hoping that it is something that can be negotiated with. However, manipulation and control are only effective to a certain degree. The fundamentals of nature demand a chaotic balance of give and take where human control is lost. Raw power such as this is both beautiful and frightening. My work examines the foundation of existence that humans who are lost in the maze of modern civilization tend to ignore or forget. It explores this idea through explosion, fire, burn, ash, fertility, growth, abundance, over-abundance, and the destruction that is life.
Detachment of urban life transforms nature into a mere abstract concept, obscuring the reality beyond our cities. This has led mankind’s vision of the natural world as something to be subjugated instead of an integral part of humanity. This creates a bubble in which humans think they are immune to the laws of nature. This work focuses on the powerful and beautiful interconnection of nature and the universe.
