“The first subject matter for painting was animal” --- John Berger, About Looking
How can imaginative empathy re-engage us with the non-human animals whose lives remain concealed and unrecognized? This question has guided my artistic practice the past two years, and has led me to focus on the body, both of human and non-human animals, as the site of our emotional center and of connection to others. I have used my body of work to evoke the emotional complexity that comes with being an animal—the word animal originating from the root anima, meaning soul. With my paintings, I work to make visible not only the exploitation of animals raised for consumption, but also re-instill a value of the embodied souls that are all animals.
Because of the entrenchment and complexity of human exploitation of non-human animals, I continually search for visual language with which to give voice to this moral issue.
Contact information: [email protected]
How can imaginative empathy re-engage us with the non-human animals whose lives remain concealed and unrecognized? This question has guided my artistic practice the past two years, and has led me to focus on the body, both of human and non-human animals, as the site of our emotional center and of connection to others. I have used my body of work to evoke the emotional complexity that comes with being an animal—the word animal originating from the root anima, meaning soul. With my paintings, I work to make visible not only the exploitation of animals raised for consumption, but also re-instill a value of the embodied souls that are all animals.
Because of the entrenchment and complexity of human exploitation of non-human animals, I continually search for visual language with which to give voice to this moral issue.
Contact information: [email protected]