I’ll be in North Adams, Mass for this exhibition/benefit for Haiti this Thursday July 29! Will also be there next Tuesday for the artist talks.
I’ll be showing recent drawings as part of this series of exhibitions in North Adams, MA - hope some of my New England friends can come! Proceeds will go to an organization in Haiti:)
each of these is colored pencil, 9x12”
Installation of recent drawings at “Boundless Discourse” exhibition at Ramapo College in NJ. (Click on photo for more info about the show.)
Trying to decide which drawings to send to upcoming exhibition @ http://tinyurl.com/ydrq9g7
And another Just Rice, 9x12”
(more) Just Rice, 9x12”
Just Rice, 9x12”
Just Rice, 9x12”
“Adaptation Module One,” mixed media, 26x18”
I’ve been drawing “just rice” and remembering the origin of this drawing project in last year’s food shortages and protests. The idea grew when I began to think about what eats what, evolution, and the connections between all living things. Some of the imagery that went into the drawings were new material for me, and some were a reworking of old favorites. Was it just a coincidence that searching through my collection of collage materials yielded that page of pictures of different breeds of hens? Had I thought about hunger in past projects, or were the hens collected for a different reference?
Until today I haven’t cared for the idea that artists should keep all kinds of junk that we will one day use in our work. But now I have this image of myself traveling through life with an archive of paper. Bits and pieces come out that are coincidentally relevant. Periodically I dip into the archive and whatever emerges will influence how I frame the issues of the day.
