​Artist Statement

Through creating cut paper collages, I have found a way to merge my connection to painting
with my love for collage. Through manipulating multiple layers, I want to celebrate the process
of creating, the act of demolishing the work through cutting away, the ability to conceal parts of
the work and the reemergence of a new work. The process is broken into multiple steps, first
the creation of the material. I begin by developing many different paintings on paper using a
range of water-based paints. During this part of the process, the paintings reflect places that I
have been to or have been inspired by. After creating the material, I then begin the process of
cutting, concealing, and reorganizing to create the layered cut paper collages. Each piece has
gone through a range of stages and appearances, reemerging as different works each stage.
Each cut paper collage represents a memory to me, some pieces are more evidently a place and
others more ambiguous. As my memories of these places and experiences evolve, so do these works.

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