Laguna College of Art + Design

Inquiry breeds creation. As a painter, I tend to ask too many questions for my own good –this is how I develop concepts for my paintings. I question what the norm might be, and I question the rules of picture-making while also questioning my own artistic values and why they might be important. This line of questioning leads to new ideas and alternative ways for me to consider what painting is and what potential it has. Throughout Searching for Answers, I have been using collage as a catalyst, to ask more in-depth questions out of my work. I am engaging in multiple dialogues within each painting through the use of collage. I can push and pull with elements compositionally and also on the physical surface of the painting. As each painting is created, it develops new branches in my search for answers. There are a number of why questions that I ask in the ideation phase of my painting. But this line of inquiry has led to me digging deeper into why I create paintings and what I want to say.