Intaglio, screen, and relief print, and spray paint
15” x 22”
Intaglio, screen, and relief print, and spray paint
15” x 22”
Intaglio, screen, and relief print, and spray paint
15” x 22”
Negotiations is a series of abstract monoprints combining silk-screen and relief printing processes to build overlapping layers of gestural marks and hard-edge geometric forms. The interplay of these distinctly different elements represents the psychological struggle to find balance between order [rational thinking] and chaos [raw emotion]. Without chaos, there would be no creative invention, and without order there would be no security in which to explore chaos. The balance between the two is critical.
The exploration of human consciousness and psychology is integral to my work. Our bodies are constantly taking in more sensory data than we are able to process. It is the job of our consciousness to make sense of this data in a way that allows us to navigate the physical and social world that we live in.
This series is inspired by my role as a mother and experiencing first-hand the task of socializing a toddler, or teaching one to “color inside the lines.” In my sketchbook, I mimicked the erratic, forceful marks my son would make in his coloring books while paying little attention to the dark outlines of the illustrations on each page. Once enlarged, these scribbles and doodles became the gestural marks that are screen-printed in different colors, positions, and configurations throughout the entire series. I incorporated hard-edge geometric forms to impose structure and order over the chaotic marks. The interplay between these opposing formal elements creates a visual dialog that mimics the way we are in constant negotiation with ourselves, our surroundings, and others.
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
22” x 30”
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
22” x 30”
Screen and relief monoprint
22” x 30”
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
22” x 30”
Relief and screen monoprint, and graphite powder
22” x 30”
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
22” x 30”
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
22” x 30”
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
22” x 30”
Relief and screen monoprint
15” x 22”
Relief and screen monoprint
15” x 22”
Relief and screen monoprint
15” x 22”
Relief and screen monoprint
15” x 22”
Relief and screen monoprint
15” x 22”
Relief and screen monoprint
15” x 22”
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
15” x 22”
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
15” x 22”
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
15” x 22”
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
15” x 22”
Relief and screen monoprint
11” x 15”
Relief and screen monoprint
11” x 15”
Relief and screen monoprint
11” x 15”
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
11” x 15”
Relief and screen monoprint
11” x 15”
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
11” x 15”
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
11” x 15”
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
11” x 15”
Relief and screen monoprint, powdered graphite
11” x 15”
States of Mind and Matter is an ongoing body of work that explores the connection between physical and psychological space. The abstracted space depicted in this work represents a visual play-by-play of a psychological battle to relinquish control over the creative decision-making process and instead allow the process of making to dictate formal and aesthetic decisions.
I view my process as setting up visual “problems” that I then have to work my way out of in order to resolve each print. The printed image of common, mass-produced materials, such as cardboard, plastic canvas, and screen mesh, are layered to create a complex visual experience. Each finished work is the sum of a multitude of decisions made by manipulating and interacting with materials, colors, shapes, and patterns.
The overlapping textures create an undercurrent of visual noise, or static, which offset larger areas of solid color. These visual relationships and compositions suggesting dynamic movement, visual tension, instability, depth and flatness, chaos and order, become stand-ins for psychological states of mind.
Relief and screen monoprint, Montana Gold spray paint, graphite, and gold leaf
22" x 24"
2015
Relief and screen monoprint, Montana Gold spray paint, graphite, and silver leaf
22"x24"
2015
Relief and screen monoprint, Montana Gold spray paint, and gold leaf
15" x 15.5"
2015
Relief and screen monoprint, Montana Gold spray paint, and graphite
15" x 15.5"
2015
Relief and screen monoprint, Montana Gold spray point, graphite, and silver leaf
15"x15.5"
2015
Relief and screen monoprint, Montana Gold spray paint, and gold leaf
15"x15.5"
2015
Relief and screen monoprint, Montana Gold spray paint, graphite, and silver leaf
15"x15.5"
2015
Monoprint
11"x11.25"
2014
Monoprint
11x11.25"
2014
Monoprint
22"x24"
2014
Monoprint
22"x24"
2014
Monoprint
22"x24"
2014
Monoprint
11"x11.25"
2014
Monoprint
22"x24"
2014
Monoprint
11"x11.25"
2014
Relief and screen monoprint, graphite, pastel, and Montana Gold spray paint on vellum
22”x24”
2016
Relief and screen monoprint, graphite, pastel, and Montana Gold spray paint on vellum
22”24”
2016
Relief and screen monoprint, graphite, pastel, and Montana Gold spray paint on vellum
22”x24”
2016
Relief and screen monoprint, graphite, pastel, and Montana Gold spray paint on vellum
11”x11.5”
2016
Relief and screen monoprint, graphite, pastel, and Montana Gold spray paint on vellum
11”x11.5”
2016
Relief and screen monoprint, graphite, pastel, and Montana Gold spray paint on vellum
15”x15.5”
2016
Relief and screen monoprint, graphite, pastel, and Montana Gold spray paint on vellum
11”x11.5”
2016
Relief and screen monoprint with Montana Gold spray paint
15 x 15.5
2015
Relief and screen monoprint with Montana Gold spray paint
15 x 15.5
2015
Relief and screen monoprint with Montana Gold spray paint
15 x 15.5
2015
Relief and screen monoprint with Montana Gold spray paint
15 x 15.5
2015
Relief and screen monoprint with Montana Gold spray paint
15 x 15.5
2015
Relief and screen monoprint with Montana Gold spray paint
15 x 15.5
2015
Relief and screen monoprint with Montana Gold spray paint
15 x 15.5
2015
Relief and screen monoprint with Montana Gold spray paint
15 x 15.5
2015
Relief and screen monoprint with Montana Gold spray paint
15 x 15.5
2015