This series was born from the notion that reality is a hallucination generated by the brain. When I began this body of work in 2002 I focused on creating images that reflect the state between wakefulness and sleep. To create images representing this liminal state, I employed spontaneous and physical camera manipulation—altering form, luminosity, and color saturation to evoke the fluidity of consciousness. As this series evolved, I integrated concepts from philosophy, psychology and meditation. These influences transformed my creative sessions into ritual-like experiences, reconnecting me with curiosity and the innocence of my inner child as. In recent years, my approach shifted to using a method similar to surveying a landscape or going on an expedition to an uncharted land however the location is that of a fabricated universe that is ephemeral, only existing during the act of creation, further pushing the boundaries of my own methods for constructing reality. The resulting images of my “travels”, though reminiscent of the physical world, are stripped of clear contextual clues revealing a profound tension: the space between what we perceive and what truly exists.

Corcoran Museum of Art, Hemicycle Gallery, 2004