Series

Signs of Life

2022 (Ongoing)

‘Signs of Life’ is a series of gouache paintings based on messages observed in public life. Often displayed in unceremonious contexts and equally-often ambiguous in meaning, these signs evoke a sense of disoriented urgency and earnest absurdity that offers a curious insight into the foremost thoughts of everyday people. As paintings, the signs are carefully paired, furthering the sense of dialogue and playing with the subconscious mind’s propensity to find order.

Self-Reflection

2020 (Ongoing)

‘Self Reflection’ is an ongoing series of gouache paintings based on photographic self-portraits captured in windows and other reflective surfaces throughout day-to-day life. These subtle moments draw attention to the flaws in our mechanisms of perceiving, offering just enough coherence to begin to make sense of the scene, before opening up into a flattened field of colors with no distinct foreground or focus. The eye is free to wander throughout the image, drawing open-ended interpretations of the relationships between shapes. In the absence of a clearly defined depth of field, the viewer is invited to consider a third-space, where foreground, background, middleground and subject all become one. As someone whose identity is not neatly categorized, and often erased, Miranda catches the most honest glimpses of themself in these ambiguous third spaces. 

Small Moments

2019

Anxiety

2019