About my current series, Molecular

Curiosity was the catalyst of The Molecular Series. What started as a palette deviation became a series embodying the unseen parts of myself that I never acknowledged before. The forms, shapes, and color palette of each painting are representations of emotions and epiphanies I’m working through. Unlike scientific illustrations of molecular biology, I wanted my molecular beings to be abstract and have an otherworldly feel. But to maintain a connection to our known world, they are all named Flora, an ode to my middle name, and cilia, a molecular structure found on cells.

With each Flora, I’m creating physical manifestations of my life. From works that take months to develop to ones I create in an evening, each acknowledges my sentience and the ripple it creates. I hope the series inspires creativity and that everyone turns their thoughts inward to see what they can learn from pondering their life experiences at a molecular level.

I’ve been creating custom art surfaces for the last few years to connect with my series further. Before, each Flora I painted was “trapped” on the white background of a canvas. During this phase, I dubbed them illuminated scenes. Now, with my ability to create panels from wood, they’ve been freed from the confines and can more freely occupy any space.