Sharon Almon | Painting

Artist Statement 

This series explores the intersection of reflection, identity, and family relationships, shaped by my experiences growing up in Korea and China. I aim to represent how memories are displayed in my mind, capturing the emotional and nostalgic elements of them rather than creating photographic replicas. I create surrealist spaces where reality mixes with childlike imagination. This is achieved by only selectively using reference photos from my childhood, forcing myself to work directly from the memories. Selective color palette is used to communicate the emotions tied to certain memories. 

Through these works, I aim to capture the fluidity of personal identity as well as the complexities of familial ties, creating a visual dialogue that resonates with both the universal, and the deeply personal. The combination of gestural marks and solid, flat shapes allude to the lack of reality that exist in memories. Unfinished figures and exaggerated patterns are representative of how the images live in my mind. This body of work invites the viewer into a visual landscape where they may find pieces of their own memories within the representation of my personal experiences.