Works on paper;
I love working with paper, especially the heavyweight (200-350gsm). When I pour water and inks onto the smooth surface of a hot press, Saunders Waterford for example, I am fascinated by the way the paper bubbles up and that causes the inks to run in unpredictable ways. Patterns of the path followed by merging coloured inks are revealed when the inks are dry.
Manipulating water, pigments, inks, charcoal, and acrylic mediums gives me qualities of rock surfaces and natural forms.
On paper, I tend to experiment and mix it up a little more. Using screen printing, inks, gold leaf, graphite, acrylics, and sometimes collage to create mixed media pieces or to go minimal and show off the beauty of paper and line. Abstractions from ideas and thoughts while working and researching climate, natural phenomena, and geology are my motivators.
My experience of the geology of Iceland (a residency in June of 2018) continues to influence my work. I returned to Iceland In September 2022 for a residency at Skaftfell in Seydisfjordur, a small town on an Eastern fjord with a ferry service to the Faroe Islands and Denmark.
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A Way In
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Endless
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Erosion
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Glacial Erratics
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In The Wall
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Impossible Pass
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Granite Ghost
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Granite 5
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Paper Rock
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The Weight
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Stone Home
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Separately Joined
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Rare Earth
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Tapping the Vein
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Open Pit
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Inner Chambers
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Mining Specs
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Inner Chambers 2
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The Mountain Inside
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Blow Out
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Mine Cut
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Measured Quantity
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Crevasse
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Valley and Veins
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Basalt Cave
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Gold.Ore
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Magnetic North
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N.E. Fjord
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Eastern Fjord