b. 1963, Andalusia, AL
"Paper carries its history in a moving way. It is like a body: it ages, gets scarred, bears the marks of what has happened to it, who has owned it and how they used it."
Corporeal Gestures, collaboration with Susan Bryant
Sometimes I have an idea for a piece first, and often that comes from something I'm reading. I then start sifting through my studio for the right images to give that idea form. Often, though, I'm struck by how lovely or strange or moving a particular piece of paper is, and it will suggest a direction for a new work.
Before the last hundred years or so, artworks in the European/American tradition were mostly made of the same few luxury materials: oil paint on canvas, tempera on wood panel, stone or bronze, gold leaf on vellum. It was that way, in the European/American tradition, for maybe more than a thousand years. A hundred and ten years ago, though, in the summer of 1912, Georges Braque had an incredible insight: he could paste down a piece of wallpaper that had been printed to look like wood onto his artwork and forego drawing the wood himself. This was revolutionary - it opened up the whole world for artists. After Braque, artists could make art out of anything. To me, this revolutionary gift is as important in the history of art as the discovery of perspective in the Renaissance.
Corporeal Gestures, collaboration with Susan Bryant
I. breathing, collaboration with Susan Bryant
II. nourishing, collaboration with Susan Bryant
III. sleeping, collaboration with Susan Bryant
IV. discharging waste, collaboration with Susan Bryant
V. procreating (a and b) collaboration with Susan Bryant
VI. resisting the earth's pull, collaboration with Susan Bryant
VII. communicating, collaboration with Susan Bryant
VIII. aging, collaboration with Susan Bryant
IX. dying, collaboration with Susan Bryant
Groundcover #2: Hanover to Osterode, 18 May
Groundcover #6: England, London to Lichfield, 1844
Groundcover #7: Paraguay to Argentina, 1945
Groundcover #8: French Guinea to Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1949
Groundcover #10: France, 1836
Groundcover #12: Nepal, 1960
Groundcover #14: Belgium, 1809
Groundcover #16: India, 1920
Groundcover #17: Malaysia, 1913
Groundcover #18: Uruguay to the United States, 1943
Groundcover #19: Szombathely, Hungary
Groundcover #21: Italy, 1818
Groundcover #23: France, 1937
Groundcover #25: Hungary to Austria, 1900
The Comfort of Crows: Winter, Week 1 (The Season of Sleeping)
The Comfort of Crows: Winter Week 5 (The Winter Garden)
The Comfort of Crows: Spring, Week 1 (The Season of Waking)
The Comfort of Crows: Spring, Week 2 (Who Will Mourn Them When They Are Gone?)
The Comfort of Crows: Spring, Week 6 (Metamorphosis)
The Comfort of Crows: Summer, Week 1 (The Season of Singing)
The Comfort of Crows: Summer, Week 4 (Pickers)
The Comfort of Crows: Fall, Week 1 (The Season of Making Ready)
The Comfort of Crows: Fall, Week 2 (Autumn Light)
Corporeal Gestures, collaboration with Susan Bryant
mixed media, 12x9 each
2020
I. breathing, collaboration with Susan Bryant
collage with cyanotype, digital print, ink and graphite, 12x9
2020
II. nourishing, collaboration with Susan Bryant
collage with ink, polyester ribbon, digital print, silk thread, ink and graphite, 12x9
2020
III. sleeping, collaboration with Susan Bryant
collage with cyanotype, digital print, ink and graphite, 12x9
2020
IV. discharging waste, collaboration with Susan Bryant
collage with watercolor, digital print, vintage glassine envelope, soil from his yard, ink and graphite, 12x9
2020
V. procreating (a and b) collaboration with Susan Bryant
collage with antique photo mount, digital print, watercolor, ink and graphite, 12x9
2020
VI. resisting the earth's pull, collaboration with Susan Bryant
collage with cyanotype, digital print, ink, gnosis black, graphite, 12x9
2020
VII. communicating, collaboration with Susan Bryant
collage with cyanotype, digital print, ink, metallic thread and graphite, 12x9
2020
VIII. aging, collaboration with Susan Bryant
collage with cyanotype, digital print, gnosis black, ink and graphite, 12x9
2020
IX. dying, collaboration with Susan Bryant
collage with gesso, colored pencil, digital print, charcoal, gold leaf, ink and graphite, 12x9
2020
Groundcover #2: Hanover to Osterode, 18 May
collage on found envelope with rubber stamp, 6.75x3.75
2018
Groundcover #6: England, London to Lichfield, 1844
collage and watercolor on found envelope with rubber stamp, 4.75x3
2018
Groundcover #7: Paraguay to Argentina, 1945
collage and watercolor on found envelope with rubber stamp, 6x4.75
2018
Groundcover #8: French Guinea to Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1949
collage on found envelope with rubber stamp, 5.75x4.5
2018
Groundcover #10: France, 1836
collage and watercolor on found envelope with rubber stamp, 4.75x3
2018
Groundcover #12: Nepal, 1960
collage and watercolor on found envelope with rubber stamp, 5.25x4
2018
Groundcover #14: Belgium, 1809
collage and watercolor on found envelope with rubber stamp, 3.75x2.75
2018
Groundcover #16: India, 1920
collage and watercolor on found envelope with rubber stamp, 6x3..5
2018
Groundcover #17: Malaysia, 1913
collage and watercolor on found envelope with rubber stamp, 6x3.5
2018
Groundcover #18: Uruguay to the United States, 1943
collage and watercolor on found envelope with rubber stamp, 6x3.75
2018
Groundcover #19: Szombathely, Hungary
collage and watercolor on found envelope with rubber stamp, 6.25x5
2018
Groundcover #21: Italy, 1818
collage and watercolor on found envelope with rubber stamp, 4.25x3.5
2018
Groundcover #23: France, 1937
collage and watercolor on found enveope with rubber stamp, 6x3.5
2018
Groundcover #25: Hungary to Austria, 1900
collage and watercolor on found envelope with rubber stamp, 6.25x5
2018
The Comfort of Crows: Winter, Week 1 (The Season of Sleeping)
collage with mixed media on handmade paper, 15x10
2023
The Comfort of Crows: Winter Week 5 (The Winter Garden)
collage with mixed media on handmade paper, 15x10
2023
The Comfort of Crows: Spring, Week 1 (The Season of Waking)
collage with mixed media on handmade paper, 15x10
2023
The Comfort of Crows: Spring, Week 2 (Who Will Mourn Them When They Are Gone?)
collage with mixed media on handmade paper, 15x10
2023
The Comfort of Crows: Spring, Week 6 (Metamorphosis)
collage with mixed media on handmade paper, 15x10
2023
The Comfort of Crows: Summer, Week 1 (The Season of Singing)
collage with mixed media on handmade paper, 15x10
2023
The Comfort of Crows: Summer, Week 4 (Pickers)
collage with mixed media on handmade paper, 15x10
2023
The Comfort of Crows: Fall, Week 1 (The Season of Making Ready)
collage with mixed media on handmade paper, 15x10
2023
The Comfort of Crows: Fall, Week 2 (Autumn Light)
collage with mixed media on handmade paper, 15x10
2023