Research Log
later this year: work histories, Iceland, fishing, fjords
currently: man-made landscapes, skateparks, bridges, theme parks, Las Vegas, rollercoasters!
fall 2023: psychoanalysis, illustration, hard edge abstraction, pattern and decoration, animals, folktales, fairytales, fables, myths
summer 2023: fairytales, folklore, the enchanted rose in Beauty and the Beast, realism, oil paint, “prep”, glowing
spring 2023 - deserts, Prussian Blue
late 2022 - winter 2023: paint, acrylic gel, glitter, Canal Plastics, the sky, purging
mid 2022: “Why did the chicken cross the road?”, aluminum, trees/wood, gel, microplastics, droplets, White-tailed deer, jumbo stuffed animals, Depop, eroticism, memoir, Y2K graphic tees, the censored, the pornographic, the explicit, the taboo, roadkill
late 2021: porcelain dolls, mall culture, internet aesthetics, endangered animals, clouds
spring 2021: installation, site, Frankenstein, viewership
fall 2020: pattern and decoration, glitter, clouds
summer 2020: psychological space, cultural landscape, resistance, dichotomies, binaries, spectrums, contrast, social justice, community organizing, rest
early 2020: masks, costumes, disguises, theater, performance, mannequins, stand-ins, Rising signs
late 2019: unicorns, rainbows, butterflies, Renaissance Equestrian Battle Paintings, The Aurora Borealis, ocean currents, stuffed animals, Fashion, cute vs. camp, the spectacle
mid 2019: affect theory, optimism, rainbows, unicorns, glitter, mermaids, magic, flower shops, cemeteries, grief, loss, memorials, monuments, sentimentality, nostalgia, cultural memory
early 2019: roadside memorials, neon & metallic color, the dollar store
late 2018: freedom, fantasy, failure, kitsch, sentimentality
early 2018: nature as refuge, spiritual architecture, new age spirituality, digital culture, ghosts, emojis
summer 2017: modern crafting material, hangings, storytelling
spring 2017: hidden feelings & intentions, language as symbol, disparity in mental presence & physical presence
early 2017: memories and fantasies, site-specific architecture, youth culture
winter 2016: documenting, zooming in/out, abstraction
fall 2016: accessibility to space, luxury products and lifestyles (and conversely, recycling), shrines, child development justice, nostalgia, and obituaries