Recent Works

 
Weaving Layers, 2012, twine, fabric, wood, 144” x 48” x 8”.

            The hand-woven twine is one continuous piece where the front hangs from a dowel and folds inches from the floor with the back attached to the wall. 




 
Untitled, 2012, yarn, plaskolite, wood, and spray-paint, 61” x16” x 4.5”.
                                   
Untitled is a whimsical sculpture.  The holes evoke eyes of a mask and beckon the viewer to peer through the holes.



See Through, 2012, thread, wood, 66” x 43” x 8”.

The black hand-woven thread weaving hangs over a handmade frame-like structure.  Viewers are meant to walk around the structure and see the surrounding space through the weaving.

 Detail, See Through.


 
Corner Home, 2012, cord, wood, and gel medium, 84” x 47” x 3.5”.

A weaving wraps around the two by four and the threads appear to come out of the ends of board.  A larger weaving also appears to emanate from the beam and floats three and a half feet from the ground.  

 Detail, Corner Home.


 
By Hand, 2012, bleached twine, and wood, 40” x 22” x 3”.

The woven piece was bleached and washed to produce the wrinkled and shrunken shape.  The process refers to multiple steps of labor that is currently done by machines, such as sewing ones clothes and washing them by hand.


Detail, By Hand.

Familial Works





I found this photo in my family album.  The room pictured is the inspiration for the work on the right, Family Room (2012).

   The shapes of the fabric reference the door and cabinet from that same room. A floral patterned sheet represents the door, which I found in my grandmothers sewing kit, which appears to be from the sixty’s.  A thick black right-angled trapezium shaped cloth that is a geometric simplification of a bed or room floor is sewn onto the floral shape.  Between the two pieces of fabric, the door and the cabinet, is a hand-made mustard colored weaving that has an unfinished appearance, with untethered armatures sticking out from its sides.  This weaving refers to the relationships and figures in my family.  Six lengthwise elements of the weave, called the warp, represent the six people in my immediate family, which are called ends.  Crosswise element of the weave is called the filling.  Each single strand of the filing is called a pick. The picks in the mustard-colored weave mark time passing, and by leaving the ends open this allows for time to continue and grow. 

New Works.

 Light-Tents, 2012.  Fabric, cellophane wrap. Each tent is 9 x 4 x 2 feet.

 Weaving, 2012.  Cord, thread, wood.  125 x 28 x 36 inches.

detail of Weaving from side.

Studio work.


Curtain, 2012, Fabric, thread, wood, pins, 84 x 33 x 168 inches.

Top piece of fabric is extended over the ground with threads that connect to the opposite wall. Thread attached to the bottom of the hanging curtain go through the top canopy piece and drape over its side, on the left, as continuous lines.


detail of Curtain.

Blue Door, 2012, Thread, wood, chalk line, 84 x 120 x 12 ­inches.

In Blue Door the doorframe and window are two-dimensional in contrast to the space the thread creates, extending twelve inches from the wall. The multiple threads come to a point, on the right, which are held in place by a t-pin.



details of Blue Door.


Family Room, 2012, Fabric, cord, pins, 76 x 51 inches.

The black fabric and woven shape lie flat on the wall of the studio, while the floral patterned fabric has two small rectangular forms underneath.

detail of Family Room.

Installations in my studio.


Exists on wall of studio. Drawing #2, 2012, paint, thread, pins, 36 x 48 inches.



Installed on studio wall. On right, Drawing #3, 2012, Acrylic paint, graphite, thread, pins, 53 x 48 inches.


Details of Drawing #3.

Exhibition

Current Show:

Paintings are on view at Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, MA.
All are for sale.

Work List

1. South 5th, 2009, Oil on canvas, 22 x 31 inches, $700

2. Backyard Series: 68 Jackson, 2009, Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches, $500

3. Backyard Series: Granite Steps, 2009, Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches, $500

4. Backyard Series: Grey, 2009, Oil on canvas, 25 x 27 inches, $500

5. Backyard Series: Orange Sky, 2009, Oil on canvas, 24 x 28 inches, $500

6. Fire, Oil on wooden panel, 2008, 9 x 12 inches, $300

7. City Collage, 2008, Oil paint, paper, on wooden panel, 8 x 10 inches, $250

8. Lamps, Oil on canvas, 2008, 8 x 8 inches, $30

9. Citgo, 2007, Oil on canvas, 24 x 40 inches, $600

10. Ferry Lawn, 2007, Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 inches, $500

11. Doubleday, 2007, Oil on canvas, 14 x 21 inches, $500

current graduate work.

Silk screen on bristol, 2011, 7 1/2 x 8 inches

Silk screen on bristol, 2011, 6 x 7 1/2 inches

Acrylic on MDF, 2011, 10 1/2 x 12 inches
Acrylic on chipboard, 2011, 10 x 10 inches

Acrylic on MDF, 2011, 10 1/2 x 12 inches

Enamel on MDF, 2011, 10 1/2 x 12 inches

Enamel on carved plywood, 2011, 8 1/2 x 12 inches

Acrylic on MDF, 2011, 10 1/2 x 12 inches

Acrylic on carved plywood, 2011, 12 x 15 inches

Acrylic, enamel, spray paint on plywood, 2011, 8 1/2 x 12 inches

Acrylic, spray paint on plywood, 2011, 12 x 15 inches

Portfolio


Tool Company 42 x 35 inches

Lev's Balcony 32x26 inches 2006



TA's 36x48 inches, 2007




*RondaTrujilloParis 2006






* Backyard Light/Peep, 2007 about 48x52 inches






South 5th 22x31 inches, 2009





Orange Sky 24x28 inches, 2009






* Mexico Lindo 2007








Lamps 8x8 inches, 2008




Forest 2 18x24 inches, 2009









Forest 1 25x30 inches, 2009





Ferry Lawn 26x36 inches, 2007







Double Day 14x21, 2007









Fire 9x12 inches, 2008






City Collage 8x10 inches, 2008





Citgo 24x40 inches, 2007










Backyard2 2009 25 x 27 inches





Granite Steps, 18x32 inches 2009






Backyard1 16x20 inches, 2009