Statement/ Screens

We see things through screens. Everything we look at is colored by our perceptions, our personalities, our experiences. Thus, when we look at an object, a scene, or even a person, we are likely not seeing it as it truly is. Instead, we are looking through a haze of our own creation. A specific image hits each of our eyes in the same way, but we notice different things about it. Ultimately, this series is about the conversation created between our eyes and our minds and how that alters images hitting our cornea to be uniquely ours. I begin with a photographic base, which is utilized to depict the idea that we all start with the same image and at the same point. Encaustic and collage are then used for the layering technique. Layers build up on the surface of the photograph just as areas of our experience and personality build up perceptions that influence how we see things. The result is a visual display of how I view the world, an examination of my screens.