No Dress Rehearsal #2 and #4
“There is no dress rehearsal in the creation of art. Or at least, in my practice as an artist. I have never relied on sketches or sketchbooks, done studies to plan a painting, or created a blueprint before beginning. When I try, it feels forced and unnatural to my process.
Each piece begins as a leap of faith– an act of trust in the hand, in the moment, and whatever chaos or creativity arises in that instant. It requires no small amount of courage, and a reliance on gut instincts honed over years of working with certain materials, certain brands and specific colours of those materials– knowing how oil bar and pastel and spray paint and acrylics of all variations might interact on canvas or paper. ”
Maya Frodeman Gallery, 2025
Floraison #3-4
“The medium of collage is particularly dependant on this immediacy. Although you get the grace of being able to remove and re-arrange brushstrokes– unlike in painting, where everything laid down must be contended with– the moments of synergy are just as serendipitous. When you place a new element and discover how it links into the existing composition, creating complex visual connections that no plan could possibly foresee.”
Calm the Storms of Winter #2
No Dress Rehearsal #5-6
Flicker #1
“There are always impurities– dirty edges and muddied colours, parts that aren’t quite resolved. I have learned to welcome them, as this is the nature of my process. Without a plan, there are accidental faults alongside spontaneous brilliance, the slight errs making them shine all the more. ”
“No Dress Rehearsal is a meditation on trust– in the process, in imperfection, and in the unknown. It is about faith in the moment, in knowing that missteps and improvisation are what keep both art and life vibrant. There is no perfect run-through, no fixed script– only the act of creation itself, immediate and irretrievable.”
Linger #1-2
