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These opposing forces coexist on the canvas, reflecting the delicate balance between what we can shape and what remains beyond our control.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"origin-24-x-36","title":"Origin, 24\" x 36\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal acrylic on canvas. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e24\" x 36\" |\u003cstrong data-end=\"97\" data-start=\"37\"\u003e Original Contemporary Abstract Painting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"758\" data-start=\"352\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eIn \u003cem data-end=\"367\" data-start=\"355\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"366\" data-start=\"356\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, I explore the idea of an interior world before it can be fully defined. The layered, organic forms feel distinctly biological and female to me—soft, fluid and generative, as though something is forming, being held, or beginning to emerge. Bands of deep blue, turquoise, blush, ivory and yellow move around and through one another, creating boundaries that continually open into new spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1253\" data-start=\"760\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eI also see the abstract suggestion of an \u003cstrong data-end=\"811\" data-start=\"801\"\u003eoyster\u003c\/strong\u003e within the painting. An oyster builds slowly from within—filtering, collecting, releasing and responding to its environment. When something foreign enters its interior, layer upon layer accumulates around it until, over time, something entirely new is formed: a pearl. I am drawn to that process as a metaphor for our own interior lives. We absorb experiences, memories and emotions; we hold some, release others, and transform what remains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1704\" data-start=\"1255\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eAs part of my \u003cem data-end=\"1290\" data-start=\"1269\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1289\" data-start=\"1270\"\u003eInterior States\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e collection, \u003cem data-end=\"1311\" data-start=\"1303\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/em\u003e considers the interior self not as something fixed, but as something continually being formed. Through \u003cstrong data-end=\"1491\" data-start=\"1415\"\u003eorganic abstraction, layered color, fluid contours and atmospheric depth\u003c\/strong\u003e, I wanted to create a contemporary abstract painting that feels both bodily and expansive—something that might suggest water, anatomy, landscape, or microscopic life without resolving completely into any of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1905\" data-start=\"1706\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eFor me, \u003cem data-end=\"1722\" data-start=\"1714\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/em\u003e is ultimately about \u003cstrong data-end=\"1767\" data-start=\"1743\"\u003ecreation from within\u003c\/strong\u003e: the slow accumulation of experience and the mysterious way something deeply internal can eventually take form and emerge into the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"M. 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The painting reminds me of a geode split open to reveal something unexpected—evidence of time, pressure and transformation hidden beneath a seemingly solid exterior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"854\" data-start=\"417\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe fluid \u003cstrong data-end=\"486\" data-start=\"427\"\u003esoak-stained passages of deep blue, turquoise and green\u003c\/strong\u003e create movement through the composition, swirling and pooling as though something beneath the surface is still shifting. Against that fluidity, the more defined lines of ochre, gold, ivory and earth tones become stabilizing forces. They trace the forms like mineral deposits or geological strata, creating structure around areas that remain mysterious and unresolved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1256\" data-start=\"856\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eI am interested in that tension between \u003cstrong data-end=\"922\" data-start=\"896\"\u003emovement and stability\u003c\/strong\u003e. Geologically, strata record what has happened over time: layers accumulate, pressure alters them, and traces of the past become embedded within the earth. Psychologically, I think we carry our own strata. Experiences, memories and emotions collect within us, shaping who we are even when they are no longer visible from the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1684\" data-start=\"1258\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eAs part of my \u003cem data-end=\"1293\" data-start=\"1272\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1292\" data-start=\"1273\"\u003eInterior States\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e collection, \u003cem data-end=\"1320\" data-start=\"1306\"\u003eStrata\u003c\/em\u003e explores the interior self through \u003cstrong data-end=\"1438\" data-start=\"1356\"\u003eorganic abstraction, layered color, soak-stain techniques and biomorphic forms\u003c\/strong\u003e. Rather than using the architectural perspective found in some works from the series, here I look to the architecture of nature itself. Earth becomes a metaphor for the self—strong and grounded, yet continually shaped by forces moving within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1822\" data-start=\"1686\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eFor me, \u003cem data-end=\"1708\" data-start=\"1694\"\u003eStrata\u003c\/em\u003e is about \u003cstrong data-end=\"1822\" data-start=\"1718\"\u003ewhat we accumulate, what we withstand, and the unseen layers that quietly become part of who we are.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"M. 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I am drawn to the idea that something seemingly solid can contain such complexity within it—bands, deposits, irregularities and evidence of the conditions under which it was formed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1368\" data-start=\"988\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eThroughout the painting, \u003cstrong data-end=\"1059\" data-start=\"1013\"\u003eemerald, turquoise and deep mineral greens\u003c\/strong\u003e move between fluid soak-stained passages and more structured geometric forms. Some areas pool, bleed and shift organically, while others are contained within boundaries. Against the darkest passages, flashes of pale aqua, ivory and soft pink emerge almost like mineral deposits uncovered beneath the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1845\" data-start=\"1370\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eThat tension between \u003cstrong data-end=\"1417\" data-start=\"1391\"\u003estructure and fluidity\u003c\/strong\u003e is central to the painting. The geometric forms give the composition a sense of order and stability, while the stains, gestures and textured passages resist being completely contained. For me, that relationship feels deeply human. We create structures around ourselves—identities, routines, boundaries and ways of understanding who we are—yet beneath them exists an interior life that is far more fluid, layered and mysterious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2277\" data-start=\"1847\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eWithin my \u003cem data-end=\"1878\" data-start=\"1857\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1877\" data-start=\"1858\"\u003eInterior States\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e collection, \u003cem data-end=\"1908\" data-start=\"1891\"\u003eMalachite Field\u003c\/em\u003e looks to nature as a metaphor for psychological space. Like \u003cem data-end=\"1983\" data-start=\"1969\"\u003eInner Strata\u003c\/em\u003e, it considers the way the earth records pressure, accumulation and change, but here the landscape feels less like a cross-section and more like an entire field of interior experience. \u003cstrong data-end=\"2277\" data-start=\"2168\"\u003eColor becomes terrain, and abstraction becomes a way of mapping something that cannot be physically seen.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2461\" data-start=\"2279\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eFor me, \u003cem data-end=\"2304\" data-start=\"2287\"\u003eMalachite Field\u003c\/em\u003e is about \u003cstrong data-end=\"2461\" data-start=\"2314\"\u003ethe landscape we carry within us—the places that are structured and known, and the deeper territories that remain mysterious even to ourselves.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"M. 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