As a visual Jungian I focus on revitalizing the language of painting through alchemical metaphors in this series. Inspired by the intriguing terminology of alchemists, like “House of the Chick” and the “womb,” I am engaging these figurative ideations especially in the context of recent abortion changes and the world wide rise of violence against women. Drawing from Carl Jung’s concept of the alchemical bride as a metaphor for individuation, I’ve curated over 1000 bridal paper dolls, each representing a historic woman.

I visualize the liminal body of the bride as a space of distortion and transformation. Zigzagging ribbons, flowers, warped mirrors, and butterflies accompany these paper dolls in dioramas I then render. I invite the irrational subconscious to collaborate, using chance operations and an alchemical wheel to guide my brush. Constructing these alchemical dioramas from Amazon boxes, I play with exaggeration and color to symbolize both distorted ideations and archetypal potentialities. This is my visual Spanglish where art and alchemy converge.

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Blue Period Grisailles

Rose Gold Period Grisailles

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