Laguna College of Art + Design

There is power in rhythmic images. This series of artworks is meant to discover the presence of patterns in a project that could be seen as introspective and exploratory. Sewing patterns, patterned fabrics and papers, charcoals, and soft pastels blend in collaged layers to illuminate the topography of my figurative art. In a state of chaotic possibilities, I surround myself with visual chatter as I sift through piles of fabric, paper, and appliqués. Life is messy and we are a tapestry of our fragmentary impressions, influences, and interests. We are a collage. I create collaged surfaces that reflect with this inner reality. The figure and the patterned environment are interlaced and symbiotically connected. As I draw into, around and over these patterns in an intellectual, physical, and emotional process, I investigate pattern and decoration as a vehicle for fine art. Dressmaker patterns speak to the idea of cutting, folding, and trimming a woman’s body to an idealized size of implied conformity. Other floral and geometric patterns explore a wild and boundless beauty that resonate with the interior landscape and emotional tone of the subject. These varied patterns interweave onto the surface of my drawings and cause the edges of the past and present to soften and blur. Like my figures, I begin to dissolve into the experience.