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Paintings

My paintings investigate relationships between color, geometry and materiality through referencing the body and rural, urban and mythic landscapes. I work with thick applications of oil paint mixed directly on the canvas, and use a range of flat tools intended for applying drywall compound to compose paint surfaces that vibrate with slabs, ridges and peaks. Areas of the surface are built, layered, mixed and remixed as the paintings evolve. Driven by the exploration of the haptic and sensual, I create works that speak to our sense of touch and proprioception to bring us closer to our bodies, our material reality and connect us more deeply with the places we inhabit. My process involves intense physical interaction that focuses on balancing structure with improvisation in an ongoing effort to fit disparate parts into a cohesive whole that is at once tectonic and organic.

Mixed Media Woven Paintings

My mixed media woven paintings grapple with concerns about the environment and with the material waste derived from the practice of making art. Developed during Covid, these works grapple with anxiety and explore the feeling of time slowing down, warping and moving in new and uncharted directions. Taking on a life of their own, these works developed into long term series and offer a break from my typical ways of working while offering new paths of experimentation and exploration.

Land Acknowledgement

I would like to acknowledge that the work documented here is created on the land where I live and work, currently known as Alameda, County, California. This is the unceded territory of xucyun (Huichin), the original landscape of the Chochenyo speaking Lisjan Ohlone people, the successors of the sovereign Verona Band of Alameda County, California. As such, I recognize and honor the original and current caretakers of this land, water and air, the Ohlone people and all of their descendants past, present and future.

For information please visit www.muwekma.org and Sogoreate-landtrust.org