Artist Statement - Explorers
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Explorers
I’m curious about the outward projection of fantasy through play and the transformation of physical objects into the realm of fantasy. I think back to my childhood when a log laying on the ground became a sailboat riding the waves in an ocean of grass. Sometimes, it seems like I am scientifically analyzing my need and people’s need in general to escape reality through fantasy. Though play is best demonstrated by children, I am interested in how adults project fantasy, and how they look to a bystander in the real world who catches the person playing. The activity is more important than the people themselves in my images. These people are on quests, and they are explores of my twilight zone, perhaps my sub-consciousness, but definitely my imagination.