As a partially color blind visual artist, my work has historically emphasized texture, shape, and the contrast between darkness and light, rather than color, regardless of medium.
The notions of social responsibility and community have featured prominently throughout my life, and inevitably started to permeate my creative process.
My current work examines the belief that the most minuscule action, when combined with other minuscule actions, can be impactful. I began exploring this idea as it related to social responsibility during the Covid pandemic, and sought a visual approach to convey the smallness and futility I felt in my sole actions, juxtaposed with the larger goal I hoped to achieve when those actions combined with actions of others. Pointillism (dot painting) as a technique works to symbolize unity, cooperation, and cohesiveness, much like the cells we are made of, and serves as a palpable reminder of our individual significance to a collective action.
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