ImPosed
Collage, acrylic, drawing, photo transfer and found objects on found cabinet door
15 x 12 x 1.5 inches
Leaves
Collage, drawing, reductive woodcut, found objects, found panel
18 x 29.5 x 2.5 inches
Mother Goose Fan
Acrylic, collage, watercolor, and found object and on found cabinet door
28 x 40.75 x 5 inches
Maya's Garden
Acrylic, collage, watercolor, and found object and on found cabinet door
18.5 x 47.5 x 2.5 inches
Preservations
Acrylic, collage, drawing, found object and carving on wooden panel
17.5 x 15 x 3.75 inches $500
The Bluest Point
Collage, drawing, reductive woodcut, found objects, and carving on found cabinet door
27.5 x 16.5 x 4.25 inches
NeverEveN
Collage, drawing, reductive woodcut, found objects on found panel
32 x 12.25 x 4.75 inches
Altered Piece
Found object, collage, woodcut, pen, found objects, carving on found table top
32.5 x 30 x 5 inches
I began this series in spring 2021, to reflect an entire year living with the Covid-19 Pandemic. Using wood from city sidewalks, these works depict the degrees of re-opening, with mixes of celebration and reservation. Crises of the environment, racial justice, and inequality long pre-date the pandemic; accordingly, I casts a cold eye on the “good-old-days,” marketed in the re-opening.
In repurposing found furniture, the specter of our homes--our quarantine confines--haunts these works in examining consumerism and privilege. In addition to textbook and magazine clippings, these claustrophobic compositions use myI woodblock prints, created from neighborhood sketches, and local plant life. Mounted on found cabinet doors or table-tops, these real-life visions turn domesticity, nature, and comfort inside out.
The two largest pieces feature my newborn niece and her father–my brother-in-law. Dazzled by her wonder and growth, I depict this adorable baby as moment of levity and joy. She also bears witness to the chaotic and grim world depicted in the rest of the series. In this way, the newborn reminds us of the stakes of improving the world at hand.