My recent work attempts to illustrate my understanding of reality and illusion, and how our concepts determine what we see; as well our concepts of time and space, as I playfully reconsider how most people perceive them. My layered compositions contain familiar narrative references (fairy tales, folk tales, the American Western, comic books) which I then use to impose ideas about the nature of reality that I have found mysterious and intellectually compelling, such as the fluidity of time. I also incorporate writing into my work, as I am a poet. I want my drawings to exist as illustrated manuscripts, so the text becomes a design element bearing equal weight to the images. I work with colored pencil on paper almost exclusively, with additional layers of text in collaged letters.
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Small Dghem
Anybody Hurt (section of Dghem)
Jack Owns the Place (portion of Dghem)
Scavenger Hunt
VAULT
Albedo
Artist’s descriptions below are arrange in the order of the images above.
A comic book inspired by the American West, with narrative running in two directions
Section of larger narrative, inspired by 3D comic book of the American West, with insets
Section of larger narrative, 3D comic book with insets
5 separate panels. Each panel’s drawing measures
25″ x 25″, with piano hinged doors that open to reveal collaged letters,
describing a cryptic problem (on the left) and solution (on the right).
Paper is mounted on wood and colored pencil is sealed with acrylic.
Part of a series of drawings inspired by fairy tales (Red
Riding Hood). Colored pencil on mounted paper
surface
Colored pencil on paper mounted on board, framed with wood that extends
1/2″ beyond surface of the
drawing. Sealed with acrylic clear coat so it is
displayed without glass.