Through the Window, 2024
44 x 44, Acrylic, markers, oil pastels, pencil and fabric on canvas
Threads of thought between body, space, objects and time from studio 206
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 402
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.
Line Them Up and Well...., 2021/2023
50 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 2, Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil, fabric, recycled burlap painting and oil stick on canvas
Objects in a specific space and time at Arts, Letters and Numbers and those transported from the old cotton mill in Averill Park, NY.
Zoom Rooms, Where is the Horse? 2021/2024
35 x 52, Acrylic, markers, pencil, charcoal, recycled paintings, fabric, oil sticks and tarp on canvas.
During Covid lockdown rooms and spaces changed as we struggled to stay connected.. During this time my cohort at Arts, Letters and Numbers met weekly on Zoom led by David Gersten. We spent hours each week supporting each other, talking about politics, philosophy, BLM, science and current affairs. The group ranged from professors, writers, architects, students, artists and friends from NYC and around the world. The conversations became so important to me that I started taking notes and doodling to record everything. Their rooms became my room.