Reflecting on the Sublime

With the strain and stresses of everyday life it is rare to find a small moment in which one is allowed to sit quietly, truly observe, and be present in a space. It is easy to have one’s thoughts drowned out by daily routines and obligations. Simple images mainly consisting of light, shape, and color allow one to be enveloped by stifled personal thoughts that freely fill the seemingly empty space of the frame. In giving those suppressed thoughts a place to be released, any fears of intimacy with those thoughts are placated.

These spaces and objects are meant to transport viewers to a place where time is abundant and personal experience is key to the coloring of the images. While some may find the combination of diminutive scale and sparse subject matter to be confining, it is my vision that viewers will reach a somewhat transcendent state where that confinement turns into comfort in stillness. Being receptive to immobility can only enhance a cognitive suspension of time where no outside influences or harm can affect the germ of any poetic imagery being conjured.

Beyond observation lies contemplation and appreciation of the latent characteristics of each room. These places are familiar enough to recall warm memories, but also unfamiliar enough to combine and invert real and imagined narratives. Whether it is unique or mundane, the nature of each image becomes a symbol of solitude, a withdrawn place for reflection.