As Lisa astutely pointed out, many of my works have refrigerators in them, and of course, even more revolve around food.

In my artist’s statement, I’ve given a rather long-winded explanation about how my current series and the character PaMdora evolved. But a more casual explanation is that everyday concerns just have a way of creeping into my work.

For me, creating a series was never my intention. It was more that I was looking for a personal visual language to express my insecurity and anxiety about contemporary life, as seen through my oddly humor-tinted glasses.

Reading Jeanne’s previous post, and having just read through much of her recent book, I’m struck by the irony that although our work looks very different, some of our methodology is the same. We both seem to create certain rules for ourselves — rules that gives us some kind of organizing structure, but also allows for wide areas of experimentation and evolution.

This world of PaMdora that I’ve created is the example of that — it has it’s own set of rules related to color, pattern, style, and topic. But I have in mind many ways that I can play and grow within this framework.

Everyday, I hear the persistent tapping somewhere in my mind of new ideas that want expressing. I’m not sure if it’s something trying to get in or something trying to get out. I guess it’s really both.