Suspended Narratives
Imaginary Friends Confined in a Box is a mixed-media assemblage that brings together works on paper within a single shadow box. Created during the COVID-19 pandemic, when I lost access to my studio and shifted much of my practice to working at home, the piece grew out of an accumulation of drawings, paper fragments, and experiments. It became a way to transform the broader Imaginary Friends series into a self-contained, tangible work that could be exhibited as an independent piece.
I’m drawn to the work’s distorted imagery, shifting figure-ground relationships, and tension between imagined figures and recognizable forms. The composition blurs the boundaries between the real and the imagined, creating a fragmented visual narrative that feels dark, mysterious, and gritty. Like a sultry blues song, the work unfolds through suggestion rather than resolution, inviting viewers to piece together its strange and elusive story.