Decompression Paintings, 2016—ongoing

These small-scale painting-sculptures generally emerge as a form of meditative sketching. Sometimes they embody an anecdote, whereas other times the final forms become more about a conversation between old and new found objects. Some of the embedded objects are materials I’ve held onto since I was a child, which are treated as rare and precious since I’ve moved both internationally and domestically many, many times over. Holding onto anything becomes an intimately resistant act despite having a lack of a familial home.