The Creek Was Dry and We Looked For Fossils
oil, ashes, and eggshells on handmade paper
13.5 x 16.25"
2024
Crescent Sun (4/8/24)
oil, ashes, and eggshells on handmade paper
14 x 14"
2024
A Drop of Water (II)
oil and eggshells on handmade paper
16 x 16.75"
2024
Drops of Water
oil paint, ashes, and eggshells on handmade paper
16.5 x 19.5"
2024
Drops of Water (II)
oil, ashes, eggshells, and photographs on handmade paper
17.25 x 15.5"
2024
Mushrooms After the Rain
oil, eggshells, and iron oxide on handmade paper
14.75 x 15.5"
2024
Asteroid
oil, ashes, eggshells, photographs, asphalt, galena, coal, scratch-off ink, kitty litter, and sparkler dust on handmade paper
18 x 18.5"
2024
Broken Screen
oil and ashes on handmade paper
14.5 x 16“
2024
Cicadas, Keeping Time
oil, ashes, eggshells, and iron oxide on handmade paper
16 x 18.5"
2024
Starry Moss
oil, ashes, eggshells, and iron oxide on handmade paper
16 x 17"
2024
Sticks on the Ground
oil, ashes, eggshells, and iron oxide on handmade paper
15.5 x 13.5"
2024
A Mourning Cloak
oil, ashes, eggshells, iron oxide, and photographs on handmade paper
16.5 x 15.5"
2024
A Drop of Water
oil and photographs on handmade paper
13.75 x 14.25”
2024
A Drop of Water (III)
oil, ashes, and eggshells on handmade paper
17 x 16"
2024
Chondrules
oil, ashes, eggshells, and iron oxide on handmade paper
14.5 x 14.5 "
2024
Comet
oil, ashes and eggshells on handmade paper
18 x 15"
2024
Comet (II)
oil, ashes and eggshells on handmade paper
8.5 x 8 "
2024
Under a Rock
oil, ashes and eggshells on handmade paper
16.25 x 14.75"
2024
Light From Last Year
oil, ashes and eggshells on handmade paper
13 x 11"
2024
Broken Glass Reflecting A Branch on the Ground
oil, ashes, eggshells, and iron oxide on handmade paper
14.5 x 16"
2024
Held Within the Rocks and Dust explores the alchemy of painting through the memories of materials. What are we made of? How are we physically connected to all life and the Earth? There are lives embedded in these materials that extend beyond time. These paintings work towards envisioning the world as past, present and future existing together through material and image, and carry some of my dread, desire, and admiration.
Provisional materials including waste textiles, and pigments ground from kitchen scraps, fires, and industrial sites come together with oil. The iron oxide was gathered from crumbling railroads which transport, and have historically transported massive amounts of corn and grain to be processed into products like ethanol and animal feed. Creating pigments by grinding up part of this industry holds a bit of comfort. The ashes have belonged to a tree, and hold the energy of a bonfire. What else has this material been a part of? What will it become?
