Artist Statement

  
The Tournament of Magic is a collection showcasing my recent works. These weave a way into an imaginary land, where the subjects appear as performers on a stage. While using the theatre as a metaphor for life, I contemplate the way that an artist attempts to stop time, and preserve moments in visual images. Brief glimpses captured, develop a story of their own and live on.
The paintings are inspired by legends of my ancestors, congruent with recent events.
Layers of antique papers, and acrylic paints, form richly textured pieces on stretched canvases. The complexity of the surfaces symbolize the multi facets of the human experience.