This work studies the passage of time, drawing parallels between cycles in nature and the human lifespan. While phenomena in nature are circular, the timeline of a human life is linear. Tides ebb and flow. The moon waxes and wanes. Trees shed their leaves and grow new ones. Although the human body incessantly strives to regenerate itself, each and every person inevitably begins as a newborn and grows to die. No one returns to the beginning. Although the flesh and bone of every human body must abide by these unbreakable laws of nature, cognition allows each individual the ability to return to any moment on the timeline they desire. It is a temporary evasion of this rule, but can act as the therapy that a soul in need is searching for. Memory is the vehicle for time travel, forming an escape for someone seeking a hiatus from the present.

While most memories are typically visual, they cannot be divorced from the other senses. Visions are often fused with sounds and smells. At times, memories are merely a trace of an intangible feeling, weightlessly occupying an undefined portion of the brain. I strive to capture the strangeness of this ambiguity in my work. However, a fleeting moment from the past can never accurately be realized, and something is always a bit amiss. I use installation to create space and to immerse the viewer in a vacuum that is the moment I describe. The when and where are not given. On the contrary, my paintings document a very specific time and place. They are a cross-section of the human timeline during a moment of regression.

While physically we are all in the present, each person’s location on his or her own cognitive timeline cannot be fixed. Therefore, everyone is allowed a passage for flight.