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Using the subjects of physics, cartography, and astronomy to construct a broad conceptual framework, I create work that probes emergent mysteries in scientific exploration.

Steeped in the conceptual framework, Opposing Cartographies addresses my creative impulse to combine contrasting elements that loosely interpret scientific discovery and various related symbols and images. The paintings are intended to be allegorical -- depicting illusory worlds containing what we cannot quite see or have yet to fully understand. Atmosphere is used in the work as a metaphor for transitions: where things end, where they transform, and where they begin again.

One added challenge in working within the conceptual framework for this particular body of work was to combine oil painting with encaustic in a way that would be striking, energetic and visually fluid. The task at hand was to juxtapose the two mediums in order to bring to light the theme of opposition.

Upon viewing these paintings and the illusory world illustrated within them, one may be left with feelings of unease, fascination and a sense of the mysterious.