Stone Box Series
This work investigates the act of collecting for the purpose of remembering moments experienced in nature. I have always collected stones, filling my pockets with finds from beaches, or trails. Perhaps it is to be able to relive the moments experienced. In these etchings I reminisce about places that leave me feeling profoundly alive. The etchings are a way of considering the keeping of the objects, experienced moments, and the memories, created in a studio retrospectively well after the event has taken place.
Etching and Lithography
Through etching and lithographic approaches to print based work I am exploring representational abstraction as a way of communicating themes around the idea of inner landscape. Mark making and the push and pull of space through various inking and etching technics provide endless exploration of variation. Although I do pull traditional editions of plates, it is working in variations of print that I is really exciting for me. Working with variations provides opportunity to experience an unfolding of ideas around ecopsychological themes that I am exploring in my current work.
Monotype Prints
Through the painterly techniques and expressive mark making I am investigating the push and pull of space while exploring the idea of speed, and movement within an abstracted image. The picture plain becomes a container that holds chaotic energy represented in nature.
