Dwelling Apart Together
July 17- Sept 11, 2019: Encinitas Community Center, 1140 Oakcrest Park Dr.
Find What You Seek
2017
Wood, acrylic
30" x 30"
Exploring the subject of "otherness," these framed wooden stones became the genesis for the current body of work shown today
In Community
2018
Acrylic on canvas, plaster, paper, pastel
48" x 30"
Life in progress. The push and pull of shared space. Relationships formed and marks made. Structures in stages of demolition and reconstruction.
Cornerstone
2018
Acrylic on canvas, plaster, paper, pastel
48" x 30"
Primitive shapes of dwelling structures repeat throughout "Dwelling Apart Together" series. These elemental shapes, including pointed and rounded roofs, help us visualize what individuals look like engaged (or disengaged) in community.
Night Vigil
2019
Acrylic on canvas, charcoal
48" x 36"
Keeping watch over those who are hurting. Making space for even the most difficult stories. Learning to pay attention to what happens outside our own walls.
Consequential Strangers
2019
Acrylic on canvas, charcoal, ink, spackle
48" x 25"
Meaningful connections can come from unexpected sources. We can enrich lives without ever knowing a name.
Becoming
2019
Acrylic on wood
34" x 16"
Constructed from two paintings cut into pieces and reconfigured. Our identities are multifaceted allowing us to be many things to many people. We can simultaneously hold a wide spectrum of emotions, beliefs and behaviors, sometimes even ones in conflict.
Living House
2019
Acrylic on canvas
29" x 23"
Our souls can hardly be contained
Boundaries I
2017
Acrylic on canvas, chalk, charcoal
48" x 25"
There is an active give and take between humans. We are separate beings but measure much of who we are through relationships.
Boundaries II
2019
Acrylic on canvas, chalk, charcoal
48" x 25"
Relationships shift our internal environment. Severed connections, even temporarily, can alter our sense of wellness. Shapes may look like they have been overshadowed, hidden or are disappearing. Others are well defined and whole.
Dwelling Apart Together
Acrylic on canvas, charcoal, wall spackle, ink
2019
60" x 48"
Humans are relational beings desiring to be known and understood. Though set apart by the physical walls we dwell within, our influence is expansive, our communities are meaningful and our unique identities are informed by all of it.
Between Us
Acrylic on canvas, charcoal, wall spackle, ink
2019
60" x 48"
Humans are relational beings. The pathways that connect us gain strength from use.
Impression I
2019
Acrylic on canvas
24" x 24"
Impression I & II were created by pressing wet canvases together to imprint mirrored outlines. Designed to hang on opposite walls and reflect back to one another.
Impression II
2019
Acrylic on canvas
24" x 24"
What we see in others may be what we see inside ourselves
Neighborhood
2018
Acrylic on wood panel, paper, spackle
24" x 30"
Settling into the company of others
Collective Identity
2019
Acrylic on canvas, charcoal, ink, pastel, wall spackle
48" x 36"
The shared sense of belonging to a group. From afar the identities seem to merge into one unified body, but up close the unique individual identities come into focus.
Dwelling Space
Blue
2019
Acrylic on fiberboard
Plucked from the canvas this structure embodies human identity. It is a metaphorical vessel housing the human spirit. Though others have been created from the same materials no two will ever be the same.
Deconstructed
Blue
2019
Acrylic on fiberboard
Growth can sometimes look like destruction. This broken structure is one of three and is a snapshot of identity being torn down and reconstructed. These big or small shifts occur again and again and allow for the evolution of the individual over time.
Dwelling Space
Yellow
2019
Acrylic on fiberboard
Growth can sometimes look like destruction. This broken structure is one of three and is a snapshot of identity being torn down and reconstructed. These big or small shifts occur again and again and allow for the evolution of the individual over time.
Deconstructed
Yellow
2019
Acrylic on fiberboard
Growth can sometimes look like destruction. This broken structure is one of three and is a snapshot of identity being torn down and reconstructed. These big or small shifts occur again and again and allow for the evolution of the individual over time.
Empathy
2018
Acrylic on canvas, wall spackle
Social beings relating and being understood. Connection sustains us.
There's Writing On These Walls
17" x 21"
2019
Acrylic on canvas
Each house has a unique story to tell. It's a privilege to know any piece of anyone's narrative.
Dwelling Space
Red
2019
Acrylic on fiberboard
Plucked from the canvas this structure embodies human identity. It is a metaphorical vessel housing the human spirit. Though others have been created from the same materials no two will ever be the same.
Sense of Solitude
2017
Wood, acrylic, stain
30" x 30"
For a moment we can capture it
Inheritance
25" x 25"
2019
Wood, acrylic
Generational inheritance is a piece of our story. The spaces we occupy have been built upon the past