01/30/2024 (untitled), 2024
44 x 44, Acrylic, markers, oil pastels, pencil and fabric on canvas
Threads of thought between body, a space and time
It's My Party and They Can Cry If They Want to, 2023
60 x 60, Glass vessels, miscellaneous objects and a door knob
What objects are transportable and what are memory? In this installation, the room, the body and the mind all participate in the struggle to reconcile a playroom. The sights, sounds and smells of being locked in a room with my brother have been reassembled and recontextualized to remember a childhood space.
Between Stuff, 2023
48 x 48, Acrylic, pencil, markers, oil pastels, and fabric on canvas
More work on a relationship with objects in space: the studio.
Omnipresent, 2021
50 " x 55", Acrylic, markers, pencil, oil sticks on canvas
It is hard to ignore objects and possessions in the spaces where we work and live. As Americans, we collect a lot of things.
My work at Arts, Letters and Numbers explored our relationships to objects. Why do collect and keep them? What is the history contained within them? What do they have such a hold on us? American's have houses and storage lockers full of STUFF!
The research at the residency examined everything from the physical and psychological effects, materiality, memories and the power of objects. This painting is about transforming or removing the power of objects by shifting 3-dimensional objects to a 2-dimensional space. Ultimately the goal was to take the painting, dismantle it in some way, and transform it back into a 3-dimensional object again. This was to achieve total control and power over any object. Unfortunately, the process was interrupted by my developing an attachment to the painting. WHAT? NO! For now, it is a step in the right direction.
Captured on the Way, 2022
27" x 36", Acrylic paint, vinyl and wood.
American's obsession with plastic collected.
One Shift Did It, 2022
14" x 38", Enamel paint, vinyl and wood
America's obsession with plastic collected.