Artist Statement
My work operates as a system where geometry, surface, and structure work together to generate spatial tension and quiet movement. The genesis of each painting starts with the initial spark of a visualization meditation and is subsequently translated into geometric sketches. Rather than using a standard rectangular surface as a neutral support, I build irregular, sculptural canvases that actively shape the composition. These accentuate and augment my forms, allowing the painting to exist as both image and object.
Forms emerge through a slow, intuitive process that balances control and release. Curves press against angles, centers collapse or expand, and symmetry is continuously interrupted. These internal dynamics create a sense of compression and unfolding, as if the forms are held in a state of suspension.
Color functions structurally as much as visually. Muted, mineral-inflected palettes are layered to produce depth and atmospheric weight, reinforcing the spatial architecture of the painting. Shifts in tone and density suggest recession, projection, and containment, allowing the surface to read as both shallow and expansive.
The shaped canvas acts as a boundary and a catalyst, determining how forms circulate within it and how the work occupies physical space. Edges bend and corners protrude, emphasizing the painting’s presence as an object rather than a window. Through this approach, the work proposes a self-contained knowledge rooted in balance and form. To do this is to accept an omnipresent influence of geometry and intuitively find the painting in the process.
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Select Exhibitions
2026
Group Exhibition - e-Flat File - Deanna Evans Projects - New York, NY
Group Exhibition - Future Tense - MYMA - New York, NY
