Symmetrical Landscapes

Here is a sample of the large drawings I have been doing this year.  These drawings impose the imagery of the landscape onto the symmetry of a human or animal.  They are of the size of a large pelt, such as a calf pelt.

Highlights

These are some of my favorite images from the two series below, click to see a little more detail.

Numero Update

I wanted to show you how the Numero Series looks now that I have added collaged mat board frames to the drawings.  Slices of painted and/or carved board are added to the frames, so that the frame becomes an integral part of each work.  This was how I showed it at the Physical Center show at The Convent of St. Cecilia in Greenpoint a couple of weeks ago.  It was a really great show, which has another component in London next year.  Thank you to Amanda Schmitt for inviting me to be part of Physical Center.

Twelve Imaginary Sculptures

This is a series of drawings that I recently showed at Brooklyn Fireproof Gallery, as part of BETA spaces, a Bushwick art festival.  The show, titled “The Box Which Contains the World”, was curated by Ali Aschman.  Each artist in the show was given a wooden box, to be incorporated into an artwork in any manner the artist chose.  I decided to imagine various sculptures that I could make with the box, and then describe these configurations two-dimensionally instead of three-dimensionally.  The drawings are presented in the order I imagined them in, and I included all of the spontaneous and random ideas for the box that crossed my mind.

Numero

These are gouache paintings interpreting a photo shoot from Numero fashion magazine.

Experiment

I have been experimenting with new ways of working.  The three-dimensional collages posted here are an example.  I’m currently working on a big scroll, and will post images of that soon.  Thank you to Amanda Schmitt for her insightful words about my work on her blog amateurartcriticnyc.blogspot.com.

In Your Face

March

Glamour is on my mind, as I work on Threads issue #2.

Eyeball / Geometric Trance

I did some drawings in a trance this week.  This may be the only post this month, since fashion week is upon us and I will be very busy at my job!

Medieval

These drawings are explorations for a project that will appear in the next issue of Threads, the wearable art zine that Jennifer Sullivan and I edit together.  For this project, writer JW McCormack and I are embarking on a prose and fashion collaboration.  We are inspired by illuminated manuscripts and tales of medieval intrigue and manipulation.  As you can see, I am really into hats at the moment.  The wearable art that I make to illustrate JW’s story will be photographed by Rachel Day.  Look for it in the next issue of Threads, due to be released in April.