One Two, 2006
Mixed media on stretched satin, 18” x 22”

Statement

The work I am involved with now incorporates the combination of acrylic paint, oil, ink, paper and fabric on stretched satin, canvas and wood. The satin is treated, making the fabric matte and taut, giving it a skin/paper like surface. The delicate fabric is rendered sturdy through this process but still retains a fragile, transparent film quality. This new work owes its beginnings to a winter spent at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire. The work is influenced by the growth and decay in the life processes of plant and animal forms. Combinations of drawn and painted pod and cell-like patterns slip, drip and march under and over layers of paper, ink, satin fabric and acrylic paint. These juicy biomorphic shapes suggest a physical, bodily reference as drawn arteries and vein-like pathways weave in and out of view, connecting and disconnecting from their clumpy and meaty source. The images, rendered and concealed in fleshy pinks, raw reds and earthy browns, also resemble stylized biology sketches. Living in the snow and witnessing the thaw of the landscape aided my exploration of forms under transformation. The work also draws from personal experiences, mingled with these observations of seasonal stages in nature.

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