Holes in Memory

 

Charcoal and acrylic on wooden palette

18" x 12"

2009

Not for sale

This is a new piece, done as part of a fundraiser for the Alzheimer's Association.  It was auctioned off to raise money for the Memories in the Making art therapy program.  The theme of the piece is Alzheimer's Disease, and the word "memory" is repeated throughout the background.

Invisible Cities

 

Acrylic, gouache, and ink on canvas

12" x 15"

2009

$100

This piece is based on the book Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, which seems to be about the patterns that make a city.  I find the book very evocative, and plan to do a series of 55 works on it.  This is the pilot piece for the series, but I'm not sure the others will look anything like this...  

I'm fairly inexperienced working with acrylics and gouache (most of my up until now has been with oils), so this piece feels somewhat immature to me, though there are definitely parts of it that I like.  Working on this piece was enjoyable, since it was almost unconscious, stream-of-thought painting.  

Pieces of Pi

Oil, acrylic, charcoal, and Galkyd on canvas

12" x 12" (each)

2008

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This triptych shows fractions of pies over fractions of pi.  Or rather, fractions of 2*pi.  

The first piece is called "Pie for Three" and it shows 4*pi/3 written out in decimal form to about 35 digits in the background.  The pie is missing one third.

The second piece, "Pie," has 2*pi in approximate decimal form and shows a full pie.

The third piece, "Pie for 8," has pi/4 in approximate decimal form and shows an eighth of a pie.

Though it doesn't photograph well, each pie has a thick coating of dripped Galkyd over the red part, making it look like pie filling.

Portrait of a Friend

Mixed media on canvas

24" x 18"

2007

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This is a portrait of my good friend Megan.  I'm posting it now, because she just came out to visit me!

Self Portrait

Oil on canvas

48" x 48"

2005

$200

This is a self portrait from a couple of years ago.  At the time, I was experimenting with muted colors and exaggerated shapes.  (You can see the same style in the Split Personality diptych.)  

Sketchbook

Collage on paper

9.5" x 14"

2009

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These are some recent experimental pieces in my sketchbook. I'm discovering the joy of envelopes and collage and have been raiding my sister's origami paper stores. Each piece is continuation of the one below it. The bottom-most image is all envelopes closed, the middle image is all envelopes open, and the top image is the scraps left over after making the envelopes.

Adoration

Oil on canvas

40" x 30"

2006

$120

This is an older piece, but I continue to find it funny.  It was the result of matching random objects and emotions: toilet brush / love.  Though the combination occurred at random, when I look at it I feel a certain sense of irony in the way it speaks to women's roles.  In a time when many of our mothers have broken out of the domestic, private sphere, for some daughters (like myself) there is a romanticized notion of the 60's stay at home mom.  We forget about the drudgery and think of the potlucks, salons, and cocktails.  I wonder if the pendulum will swing back, and when it does, will high level female executives find a renewed love for their toilet brushes?