The illusion of life: what we see is an idea of what is real. The real world is not what it seems. We cultivate this concept of life from experiences from our five senses and try to create meaning to everything that is real to us.
In my glass work, I create characters that embody a specific self-image. These mini self-portraits are created in moments of spontaneity, silliness, self-doubt and desperation. In this process of scribbles, I allow my mind to see what is between the lines: my emotions and irrational enjoyments/fears of life. I continue to capture these “selves” by placing them in a box (metaphorically the boxed worlds that we live in) where the “selves” exist between the 2nd and 3rd dimensions. It also allows me to see my “selves” in the context of social voyeurism: seeing how I am in society.
As for my drawings, I continue to allow my mind to create line works that inhabit a familiarity of human/organic forms: pareidolia. It becomes a playground for looseness and impulse. I write how I feel on these drawings, using them as a place to write out my issues and problems. When I am listening to music, it also drives a source of emotion in my motion of mark making. I write the lyrics to my soundtrack along my drawing documenting the song and how I feel. I write in a font I have created to reflect my wanting for my culture to be revered as another Asian ethnicity. I continually experiment with water mediums and explore the fluidity of my emotions.
It is important to understand oneself. I subject myself as the subject of study in this psycho/social world. I find what is the cause of my feelings, my ideas, my work. I urge others to study themselves as a scientifically as possible.
Glass work
2D work
Bao Nya Thao 