My body of work straddles the line between figuration and abstraction to explore the struggle for dominance between them in large-scale oil paintings and graphite drawings. The two traditions intermingle and perpetually fight on the canvas in the forms of twisting traditional and contemporary forms and figures, disrupted by churning endlessly shifting abstraction.
I use layered oil paint, string, fabric and source materials from classical history of figuration as well as scavenging from the internet and my own body for contemporary figures and forms. The work that influences me comes from a place of abstraction and figuration like the work of Hanneline Rogeburg and Cecily Brown who abstract the figure while still keeping areas of tight representation. They struggle with the fine line between abstraction and figuration, pushing boundaries that I investigate as well.
Currently I am working on finding the answer to the question at what point does figuration turn completely into abstraction and where that point lies.