My work explores the nature of memory, the distortion of it over time, and the paradoxical permanence and fragility of digital memory in our contemporary world. I combine and layer digital and analog processes until the distinction starts to feel insignificant/nonexistent. In a world where “memory” has come to take the form of the electronic storage holding all of our images, writings, and communications, what is permanent? What will corrupt and disappear? This piece is a continuation of this line of thinking, with a specific focus on how the memories of my childhood have transformed over time. I allow digital processes to leave their mark on more representational imagery, veiling and abstracting a scene into shimmering color fields.

Cathedrals have become a prominent motif in my work. Distinctly digitally-rendered and yet absurdly medieval, these cathedrals give me the ability to put a visage to the cultural and religious structures that are present in the background of so many memories of my life. These iridescent spires stretch across my surface, recoloring the scene as they continue to re-morph the way I look back on the past. By visualizing the ‘invisible’ aspects of my upbringing, the viewer is forced to see both mine and, in turn, their own memories as inevitably translated through the lenses of the stories we are told/tell ourselves, the hierarchies we reside within, and the natural degrading of both our devices and our bodies.