Pathways to Nowhere
Pathways to Nowhere
My MFA thesis exhibition consists of drawings of the house that I grew up in and lived in with my grandparents until I was ten years old. I idealized my time spent their as a child and the traumatic loss of the house as well as my grandparents still impacts me today. Unable to find the same security that this first home provided, I search for it through people and places, as my home is constantly being redefined. Almost finding it in a relationship, the end of it became the catalyst for this body of work; another home lost.
Are We Home Yet? was separated from a video that played in the back room by three tiny drawings. The video was created from sketches that I drew at a bar that I frequent as well as the one that I work at. I had trouble being in my studio for long hours by myself resulting in bar drawing being brought back into my practice. The sketches are immediate, raw, and emotional just like the drawings of the house; honest mark making becoming prevalent as a result of music and intuitive responses.
