Bright Grief

Series

Energy flows and matter cycles. This is a fundamental theory of the universe and acts as a central theme in my work.

There is a melancholy that touches everything in life as I grieve. It’s a grief that will never end, but that doesn’t take away from the beauty of life; it sits with it. It holds my hand as I stop to smell the roses. In my art, I express this layered feeling through the use of juxtaposition, mixing bright joyful colors and disturbing subject matter. I love life. There is rebirth after death that I try to capture, but that doesn’t make the loss any less painful, nor should it. Feelings deserve our respect. Sit with them. And understand them.