Sticker Paintings examine the visual, emotional, and conceptual significance of overlooked materials generated through everyday use. The work centers on familiar objects that operate at the margins of attention, items so commonplace they become visually neutral or are quickly discarded. Through processes of recontextualization and material transformation, the project challenges assumptions about value, attention, and beauty.

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          The work originated while watching my children play with sticker books. Stickers were placed intuitively across illustrated scenes, unconcerned with narrative logic or visual hierarchy. While the resulting images reflected a playful, non-linear approach to image-making, my attention shifted to what remained afterward, the empty sticker sheets themselves. Once the stickers were removed, the pages revealed amorphous silhouettes, leftover shapes produced unintentionally through the manufacturing process of die-cut vinyl printing. These forms, disposable byproducts, became the primary source material for the series.

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          I collected, traced, archived, and recomposed the residual forms into resin paintings. Through careful arrangement, the repurposed drawings occupy a space between representation and abstraction. The work raises questions about how much information a contour line contains to suggest representation, and where that threshold dissolves into abstraction. Some shapes retain traces of recognizable imagery, while others resist identification, encouraging viewer participation through projection and association. The use of resin emphasizes preservation, transforming the shapes into a permanent, glossy hard surface and underscoring the tension between ephemerality and endurance.

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          Sticker Paintings explore the boundaries between utility and waste, intention and accident, and visibility and neglect. By elevating remnants of consumption into finished artworks, the project invites reflection on what we notice, what we value, and how meaning can emerge from materials typically considered insignificant.