passing between the lines

Through abstraction and pattern, the Passing Between the Lines series examines the my reaction to the relentless ongoing social and political systems of abuse in this country. Black and white stripe patterns are used throughout each work to evoke multiple layers and meanings.

Stripes are often associated with animals, incarceration, fences, trickery, borders, flags, barcodes and hybridity. The pattern is used as a barrier to signify the displacement of marginalized bodies. This series incorporates visual elements found in the Strangefruit, Invisible Visibility and Sunset Selfies series. These muses are obscured from their identity creating a psychology of the familiar and ambiguous.