The Goddess Attainable began as a blog in 2017 and has since transformed into a platform for all things goddess-esque, namely my obsession with creating delicious, decadent, dripping beauty through my artistic expression. I have been an artist for my entire life and for many years, channeled art as a means to heal and grow. As my personal growth developed, I felt less of a need to use my art as a healing tool, and more of a desire to express my love of aesthetic beauty through mixed media. I received my BFA in Photography from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and use this medium as the fundamental basis for all of my creations. However, to me, photography and paint go to together like peanut butter and jelly, and I can't imagine attempting to produce any work of art without marrying these two incredible materials (photography and paint, not peanut butter and jelly, in case that was unclear).
Photographic imagery is one of the most beautiful and captivating of all artistic mediums. Photographs are fundamentally a trick, appearing very real and very true; but they are in fact quite removed from reality once one considers the actual process of capturing a photographic image. The technology required to produce a photograph ultimately creates a barrier to reality and chips away at the truth through layer upon layer of falsely translated, microscopic distortions via digital pixels, film grain, etc. Photographs are in actuality quite a fantasy, and I love being swept up in the dream. In a way, the medium of paint affords us a richer truth, as the only barrier to reality is the human being transmitting the information. As I work creatively, I find myself drawn to both mediums and am inspired by the play between the medium falsely presenting itself as truth (photography), and the medium that never promises truth, but tends to offer it without meaning to, often at the universal level of the soul (paint). My collage work explores the relationship between both processes as I traverse through the space that exists in between things, playing in the area where this crossover takes place. Through my creative process, I attempt to blur the boundaries where photography and paint collide; softening the edges between light and dark, pattern and field, magic and reality..My original works on paper are small and delicate, raw in some areas and refined in others.
I live and work in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Photographic imagery is one of the most beautiful and captivating of all artistic mediums. Photographs are fundamentally a trick, appearing very real and very true; but they are in fact quite removed from reality once one considers the actual process of capturing a photographic image. The technology required to produce a photograph ultimately creates a barrier to reality and chips away at the truth through layer upon layer of falsely translated, microscopic distortions via digital pixels, film grain, etc. Photographs are in actuality quite a fantasy, and I love being swept up in the dream. In a way, the medium of paint affords us a richer truth, as the only barrier to reality is the human being transmitting the information. As I work creatively, I find myself drawn to both mediums and am inspired by the play between the medium falsely presenting itself as truth (photography), and the medium that never promises truth, but tends to offer it without meaning to, often at the universal level of the soul (paint). My collage work explores the relationship between both processes as I traverse through the space that exists in between things, playing in the area where this crossover takes place. Through my creative process, I attempt to blur the boundaries where photography and paint collide; softening the edges between light and dark, pattern and field, magic and reality..My original works on paper are small and delicate, raw in some areas and refined in others.
I live and work in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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