For Ellsworth and other paintings, 2013-2016
Teletype, 2013
Oil, acrylic, and Polyvinyl Adhesive on wood
23 x 49 inches
Parkett, 2014
Oil and acrylic on wood
13 x 13 inches
Solaris, 2014
Oil and acrylic on wood
13 x 21 inches
A Record of My Own Existence, 2015
Polyvinyl Adhesive, graphite and derma on wood
9 x 13 inchesMy Purse in Flatland, 2015
Oil and acrylic, and nails on plywood with hand carved wooden handle
15 x 11 inchesShirt, 2015
Paper and polyvinyl adhesive on wood
9 x 12 inchesLittle Grey Guy, 2015
Oil and acrylic with paper on wood
1 ¾ x 9 inchesFist(ing), 2015
Acrylic and graphite on wood
21 ½ x 13 inchesTeeth, 2013
Oil and acrylic on wood
13 x 12 inchesAsterisk, 2016
Acrylic and oil on wood
34 1/2 x 28 3/4 x 1 3/8 inches
Vertical Blind, 2016
Acrylic and oil on wood
39 x 31 1/2 x 4 inches
Eastern, 2016
Acrylic and oil on wood
54 x 32 inchesFolded, 2016
Acrylic and fabric on wood
23 x 16 inchesHer Folded Dress, 2016
Acrylic and graphite on fabric
12 x 16 inches
A response to the Ellsworth Kelly Room at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this series served as an attempt to refashion and reassess components from previous installations while simultaneously initiating the practice of painting onto various articles of clothing. A central tension between image and object is driven through techniques such as the use of a disc sander to abrade collaged paper remnants and the use of graphite to accentuate the glue residue left by the artist's hands. These works interrogate material agency, incorporating cast-off bits of other paintings into various compositions. The series also foreshadows Vertical Blind, a large-scale painting installation later commissioned by the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft in Louisville.