February 4 - 25, 2022
My figurative paintings explore technology, my identity as a neurodivergent female, and unrealistic beauty standards created by social media. As we become increasingly entwined in the digital world, I make paintings that hint at the rift and the romance between people and pixels. Recently, computer work, zoom classrooms, and online friends has turned my life digital. Thinking about my digital life, virtual places, and future concepts like the meta-verse I notice our
online presence is valued over our physical lives. Living in a virtual reality is impossible to ignore, so I choose to embrace it by making work that references a digital realm. I fuse digital glitches and portraiture with oil paint and charcoal, layering images and colors. To do so, I deliberately use technologically advanced programs such as Photoshop, digital editing software, and apps in my process of creating. In my palette, I use saturated pigments and fluorescent paint to bring figuration out of abstraction and I combine local color with full-chroma pigments to replicate a digital space in the real world.
Reception: February 4, 2022 | 6–9 pm
103 S Main St
Lockhart, 78644 Texas
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