My work explores connections between queer figures, bodies, and landscapes, destabilizing the traditional rectangular frame. I transform salvaged plexiglass and plastic to highlight the contradiction between fetishized landscapes and environmental destruction. Cut-out drawings hang to cast shifting shadows, dissolving the line between figure and setting. The translucent grounds create a skin-like surface, and reflected light through brushwork conveys tactility and embodiment. Contour drawings and loose, expressive strokes blur boundaries, making bodies and landscapes indistinguishable. Sensual materials contrast with rough, abstract mark-making. Even within rectangles, I use expressive brushwork and paint inside and outside self-imposed frames that serve as conceptual portals, emphasizing the porous nature of depicted spaces. Ultimately, my work employs the parodic female figure and fetishized landscapes to provoke nuanced reflection on the intersections of bodies, desire, and the natural world.




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