Terrain bases created through the action of water, friction, etching into the paper, the pulsing droplets of heavy rain. The bases, come to life after the cycles of erosion, adding and subtracting. Ornamentation, pattern making, building structures onto these bases, speaks to a constant feeling: the ebb between chaos and structure, the patterns that we seek, that we habitually build, the line between them and the beautiful awkwardness of it all.
Floating Terrains
The floating terrains are an ever evolving group of studies that use the memory of place with the sensation of being there. Each piece uses quick gestural movement, like words sung onto paper with ink. This series began when I was young, dreaming of old mountains, lazy ancient things, and progressed when I moved out to the desert and saw the bones of their being. Now I imagine spaces with them, and use mountains and stone structure as metaphor for the upheaval of thoughts and emotions.
Lava and Swim
Exhibited at The Other Art Fair (by Saatchi Art) in Santa Monica September 21-24, 2023. The series evokes my love of organic patterning. I want to be gestural, quick, passionate; but in the end, like much of what we care about, there is so much more that must go into the process. Each work is a layered ink terrain, creating a depth of texture manipulated via water pressure, scraping, washing, and drawing. On top of this are layers of heavy gouache, opaque forms creating vibrant hot patterns on top of the dark ink terrain.
Atlas
The Atlas series of works is ongoing and encompasses works which explore the idea of boundaries, borders and where our built and unbuilt topographies interact and overlap. There is a minimal approach to the aesthetic, reached by creating base terrains of repeated layers of ink which are subtly embellished with gouache or mineral pigments.