At the Anderson Ranch Art Center, I had the opportunity to explore my interest in the absent mark. What does it mean to mold something beautiful without touching it at all? I am playing with a dense atmospheric color and a flat outline of a form where tension is born out of the negative space between the forms and the atmospheric world they live in. The forms are distinctly invisible, calling all the more attention to them. I hoped to find an answer about what happens when a beautiful thing ceases to be visible.

absent beauty

Abstract watercolor painting of a flower with white outlines, soft pink, yellow, green, and blue background colors.

Abstract watercolor artwork with swirling pastel pink, orange, blue, and yellow tones, featuring layered line patterns and soft color blending.

An abstract watercolor painting of a female breast with a line drawing of the nerve and lymphatic system extending from the nipple.

Three abstract floral paintings with soft pastel colors hanging on a white wall, with a corkboard in the center.

Soft pastel, Colored Pencils, Tape on Bristol Paper