" The invisible/imaginary texture of the perceived world is something which emerges from our corporeal immersion with in it, as a manifestation of the multiple possibilities of the real."
- Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception
24” x 24” oil paint and graphite powder on aluminum
14” x 17” Digital images of the night sky
Inspired by observation of the atmospheric conditions found in the interior of a window greenhouse that is attached to my home and studio. Tightly packed with clear glass objects, temporal fluctuations of light and color become a trace of the everyday and the fleeting nature of experience - where such concerns as distance and proximity, ambiguity and contradiction, matter and its negation, invite speculation about illusion and reality.
24” x 24” - Digital print, oil on aluminum
36" x 36" - digital print, oil, wax on aluminum
36” x 36” - digital print, oil, wax on aluminum
36” x 48” - oil on canvas
36” x 48” - oil on canvas
38" x 65" - oil on aluminum, digital print, oil and wax on aluminum, mirror with stand
20” x 30” oil on aluminum
18” x 22” Graphite powder, oil on aluminum
The paintings are both “pictures” of space and they inhabit space as objects. Phenomena gleaned from the material and virtual world create an internal structure that is both subterranean and architectural. A geography is presented as fields of vision coalesce and separate, while evoking both familiar and other worldly connections to experience.
12” x 12” - graphite powder, oil on panel
24” x 20” - oil on aluminum
30” x 40” oil on aluminum
14" x 14" - oil on aluminum
38" x 46" - oil on aluminum
48” x 48” - oil, graphite on aluminum, mirror
48” x 48” - oil on aluminum
14” x 14” - graphite powder, oil on aluminum
40” x 45” - ink on paper
30” x 40” - ink on paper
inks on paper - variable sizes
Drawing is a way for me to engage the physical act of making through repetition, focused concentration and an elevated awareness of the sense of touch. Whether observing natural phenomena or quoting form derived from the surrounding cultural milieu, my process is improvisational - punctuated with moments of negotiation that take place between impulse/restraint, compression/expansion, and representation/abstraction. A drawing is succeeding for me when it teeters on the edge of abstraction yet grounds vision in the familiar, and when the familiar is disrupted, thereby creating a chance to heighten the act of perceiving.
Scroll 48" W x 22' L, Graphite on Paper, 2011
Studio image: Scroll in progress
(Detail) Scroll Graphite on paper
Proliferation 7 ft. H x 13ft. W Graphite on Paper
38" x 50" Graphite on paper
38" x 50" Graphite on Paper
30” x 50” graphite on paper
38" x 50" Graphite on paper
30” x 50” charcoal on paper
60” x 100” Charcoal on paper
76" x 50" Charcoal on paper
38" W x 15 ' H Charcoal on paper
Site specific drawing 12 ft. H x 38 ft. W
Charcoal on drywall, wax cast bird
Site Specific Drawing Installation 12 ft. H x 38 ft. W
installation detail - Graphite on Paper
(installation detail) 50" x 98" graphite on paper
Drawing detail - graphite on paper
installation detail 40" x 12' graphite on paper, graphite log
(installation detail) - 14" diameter x 5' tall, Red led on paper, mirror base
