StatementMy work contrasts rational, conceptual processes with intuitive inquiry. I research, investigate, and shape materials using chance, accident, and random samplings, as well as imagery from the canon of art history. I am driven to create work that is richly layered, that feels expressive, measured, and substantial. I have been employing manipulated wire grids. The wire grids are cut to create stencils for my mark making. Along with the wire drawings I have built a series of shapes based on the design technique of camouflage. These camouflage shapes are created from overlapped lines that are an accumulation of tracings from the canon of western painting. Shapes are interspersed with marks to create levels and a sense of motion and chaos in my paintings and prints. My work speaks directly to my world, marks and shapes are broken from a strict order; tumbling over; blocking; competing for space. The crowding marks and shapes reflect the shifting world as systems and beliefs shred and burst into new compilations. There are bits of the familiar but those are hints and allusions. I am not looking to create an order. I am recording a moment of being. For information or questions, please contact |
waste my beautiful mind, cotton and wax castings, 2003 |
