Fantasies
In Fantasies, the body becomes a site of transformation. I begin by spray-painting flat stencils of my own figure, bringing the surface of the painting into attention. Into the gaps between these silhouettes, I layer thin acrylic washes that soak into the canvas, creating porous zones where the body dissolves. These negative spaces become imagined landscapes rendered in oil paint — images that emerge where the figure has been stenciled.
I am making these works at a moment when the function of my body is shifting: no longer confined to desirability or fertility, it becomes a vessel for escape, autonomy, and possibility. In these paintings, the body transcends its boundaries, expanding into oceanscapes, geographies, and mythic environments. The physical self is both the map and the terrain — an invitation to consider how identity can transform beyond surface.
