Statement (Spring 2007)

I make drawings and paintings of the place I consider "home." These include various views and interpretations of a single house (the building is real and exists in California) as well as related spaces. I am very interested in the cohabitation of abstraction and representation, as my experience of place includes the conceptual and emotional as well as the concretely material; for me, they are all intertwined and inter-identifying. The drawings range from small-scale to large-scale (from 4 inches up to 112 inches) and are usually charcoal on paper, layered and worked over time. Cutting, abrading, and erasure are a part of my process, and to me, their evidence is as important to the finished drawings as is that of the varied applications of charcoal.

Through the work, I am looking at my own relationship to a particular place, environment, and personal social history. At the same time, I hope the work offers a legible platform for wider discussion of these kinds of relationships, and reflection on the universal organic processes of construction/composition, change, entropy, and regeneration.