mending, 2022-23
Bringing past and present together through intentionally assembled and organized botanicals, found imagery, bold imaginative colors, and additive and subtractive marks. The imagery is specific to the objects, people, and historical context they bare. These works focus on layering, not hiding, and invite us to engage with these raw, incomplete stories of healing.
The process of these works features a play of positive and negative space, thoughtfully deciding on which pieces fit together and are allowed the privilege of sharing space with abstract shapes and translucent or opaque windows. |
uncovering the past, layered imagery from National Geographic article about Black scuba divers and scientists uncovering sunken slave ships.
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garfield diptych
12 x 12" each
acrylic on cradled wood
inspired by botanicals found in the Garfield Park Conservatory
2022
acrylic on cradled wood
inspired by botanicals found in the Garfield Park Conservatory
2022
desert room diptych
8 x 8" each
acrylic on cradled wood
inspired by botanicals found in the Garfield Park Conservatory
private collection
2022
acrylic on cradled wood
inspired by botanicals found in the Garfield Park Conservatory
private collection
2022
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tropic bird series no. 1-4
6 x 6" each
acrylic on cradled wood
imagery from National Geographic, 1978, tropical birds
2023
acrylic on cradled wood
imagery from National Geographic, 1978, tropical birds
2023
conservatory triptych
4 x 5" each
acrylic and gold leaf on wood
inspired by botanicals found in the Garfield Park Conservatory
private collection
2023
acrylic and gold leaf on wood
inspired by botanicals found in the Garfield Park Conservatory
private collection
2023