Roil Ring
The paintings in the Roil Ring series are compressed assemblages of imagery associated with specific personal experiences. I consider my painting surfaces to be collection sites for the troves of documentation I gather about inexplicably strong memories. Candid snapshots, satellite images, graffiti, advertisements and signage, written documents, plants, wildlife, graphs, local lore, weather reports, doorbell cam stills, and trail camera photos are just some of the sources I use to expand the memories into hulking, cacophonic forms. The visual elements intersect, interrupt, support, and obliterate one another while remaining parts of the same writhing masses.
The goal of my process is to find transformative relationships within the research of each memory. By placing everything in circular, centrifuge-like compositions, the visual elements are forced to relate to one another in various contexts.
The relatively slow, mindful act of painting allows me to watch these unexpected connections develop among elements in real time. As I search for the ideal forms and styles with which to describe my research, the details of my memories become simultaneously sharper and more nebulous.