My latest collection — ‘SOLUS’ challenges the thought process behind my last series (which explored physical awareness with regard to the company we keep.) This collection digs inward — think solitude, being in one’s own company, (even if not physically so,) and the sensation of being aware of the physical space we take up.

It feels a bit cliche to remark on how navigating a new country ‘made me feel small.’ In that same breath, I thought of solitude and the way I was experiencing it. That’s not to say I wasn’t in lovely company — I think time spent off one’s own home soil intrinsically invites a longing for self-connection with respect to a new territory and way of living.

When I say ‘alone’, I’m not looking to convey loneliness. This collection isn’t comprised of solitary figures. Expect to see a slew of figures with a likeness to one another — suggestions of ‘being in one’s own company,’ and groupings of figures where maybe company is felt viscerally, but each has a distinct identity and disposition. In the making of this collection, I considered Edward Hopper’s “Automat” and “Nighthawks” — one depicts a solitary woman hypnotized by her own thoughts, and the other shows a seemingly lonely few folks sitting at a bar in the city. While Hopper’s work is moodier in tone, my newest collection shares a similar sentiment regarding meditative self-connection and being with oneself.