releases from the archive pt. 1

OPENING THE DOOR TO WHAT HAS BEEN HERE ALL ALONG

a letter

There is something incredibly tender, bitter-sweet and necessary in releasing work from my archive for me.
I have never really shown my work (aside from a couple shows friends put together) or even fully identified with being an artist inside of myself. I create because it keeps me well - because it keeps me sane and in touch with what is alive and curious. I do it because I must - because it is breath - it is liberation - it is inquiry and dialogue - it is the marrow of being human - consciousness in form.

I am surprised by the tears that fill my eyes as I write this - the vulnerability I feel in letting go of these artifacts - in embracing being a little more known and a little more visible. I’ve been in a crucible of change these last few years and in that have observed how much I hide - how terrifying it is for me to be seen - to be known and so… I just don’t share much. And in the face of that constriction there is a lot in my life that has come to a screeching halt. It’s time to begin emerging from that cocoon - which feels like starting from square one but also opening the door a little wider to what has been here all along…

If you’ve been with me for a while you’ve probably seen some work here and there on IG, even a few archive sales - in which I often release my bare minimum. And then there is everything that I’ve held onto… thinking maybe someday I will show it or continue to work on it or do something with it. And yet it just sits and I make more and more and more.
I didn’t fully realize how many pieces had accumulated until I unpacked everything from storage last year.

I’ve been in a deep process of sorting through my belongings, loosening my attachments, and making space for what wants to be created next. It has taken me about a year to gain the courage in myself to actually begin letting some of this work go. Not because I think of it as my best but rather because it holds a record and story that is so beloved and dear to me.
Many of these pieces have been created on my travels, in the in between moments where life happens, in the intimacy of my interior contemplation, as studies that have provided growth and learning, that have surprised me, pushed me, informed me, given me a space to honestly be myself beyond language and construct. They are time stamps, artifacts of moments that have come to pass and will never happen again…

And so it is my hope that these pieces find places to live where they are beloved and have the opportunity to spark something beautiful and curious in someone’s heart.

A note on what you will find here…

These pieces have all been created some time within the last 10 years. Some have dates written on the back and others do not. They are all on various kinds of paper aside from two small oil studies which are on canvas. This is the first part of what I am releasing from my archive. Given the quantity of pieces I have decided to do it in batches…
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