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Arm's Length From the Shore

Statement

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​This diptych is created by layering six different film negatives and exposures in the silver gelatin film development process to manipulate and alter the images to assemble a new image

 

By deliberately misusing film processes, the images lose clarity as individuals and coalesce to take on their own visual language through mimicry and abstraction.

 

I lost my father to suicide when I was 18 years old, prompting my curiosity in making artwork related to truth and transformation of memory. A spiritual medium told me that I would first have a son who is affectionate and quiet, and later a daughter who is outgoing and bold.

 

Now in my thirties, this outcome is true, and this monoprint is inspired by the alchemy and wonder of feeling that my children were observing in waiting before arriving on this side of the earth.