Sun/Creature/Person
About the photographs:this series of photos was taken at the Wilson Park castle, a longed for refuge and truly magical place I only laid eyes on once as a child. Raising my own children we spent many, many ours here. The one time I did get to visit, at a softball tournament, I was wonderstruck and my inner childhood was crawling to find a way out of my skin. Too many watchful eyes to really explore that day. These images represent that longing, to have been able to bring the inner childhood OUT at such a magic
Artist Statement:
I am a multi-dimensional artist interested in working deeply with archetypes and symbolism and the way they can create inner sanctuaries, stories, and self-directing mythologies. I am fascinated by the concept of childhood and the primitive and instinctual knowing of children. By using masks and the playful and sometimes fearful response people have towards them, as well as landscapes from my own childhood, I want to explore the inner responsiveness to “mask”, “story”, and “character” and the usefulness of the collective unconscious within a child’s imagination.
I am a multi-dimensional artist interested in working deeply with archetypes and symbolism and the way they can create inner sanctuaries, stories, and self-directing mythologies. I am fascinated by the concept of childhood and the primitive and instinctual knowing of children. By using masks and the playful and sometimes fearful response people have towards them, as well as landscapes from my own childhood, I want to explore the inner responsiveness to “mask”, “story”, and “character” and the usefulness of the collective unconscious within a child’s imagination.
Project/process statement:
For this project I am exploring the archetypes of my own childhood, the inner nostalgia I created after an isolated and traumatic childhood that I “made from scratch” for myself. This project will eventually include two short films and photographs, but currently will only have the photographs. I used models of paper masks and added colors that represent each image. I chose three key archetypal masks for this stage of the project.
For this project I am exploring the archetypes of my own childhood, the inner nostalgia I created after an isolated and traumatic childhood that I “made from scratch” for myself. This project will eventually include two short films and photographs, but currently will only have the photographs. I used models of paper masks and added colors that represent each image. I chose three key archetypal masks for this stage of the project.
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