Sketchbook

Collage on paper

9.5" x 14"

2009

Not for sale

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.

A Pair of Pears in Peril

Acrylic, graphite, and collage on canvas

11" x 14"

2009

Not for sale

This is a piece done sheerly for the fun of it.  It is one of my first ventures into acrylic paints and smaller formats (which have become necessary since moving into a new, smaller space with no ventilation).  The wallpaper is a map of San Francisco, my new location.  I was looking at a lot of art by the comic book artist Bill Sienkiewicz while painting this, and I think it shows in the color scheme and style.

2.3-D

Oil, graphite, and collage on masonite

24" x 48"

2008

$150

This piece is about transformations between 2 and 3 dimensions.  The maps collaged into the background show a 2-D representation of a 3-D world.  Paper airplanes show how a 3-D object can be created from a 2-D one.  Some of the paper airplanes in this piece are painted (another 2-D representation of 3 dimensions) and some are made out of maps and attached.

The ways that objects and properties change when transferred between spaces of different dimensions is under constant scrutiny by mathematicians.  By studying the changes between 2 and 3 dimensions, they can often infer how changes in higher level dimensions may act.  In this way, they are able to study spaces that cannot be comprehended without math.