Using animal imagery to speak about lived experience and our own animal nature, Full Circle (unrest) and Sitting just beneath the surface, focus on our aggressive impulses, particularly feelings of restlessness and anger brought about by a deep yearning for change.
Full Circle (unrest), 2015, charcoal on paper, 101” x 126”
Sitting just beneath the surface, 2017, charcoal on paper, 50” x 50”
It should come as no surprise, is comprised of over thirty drawings of snarling small mammals. This work captures feelings of discontentment and viciousness, and contemplates the struggle between the destructive potential of aggression and its connection to a personal sense of agency.
It should come as no surprise…, 2016, white charcoal on paper, thirty-six drawings, dimensions variable
We are constantly recreating ourselves, not in dramatic ways, but in quiet, incremental ways that mostly goes unnoticed - the act of becoming is perpetual and is something that cannot be easily observed.
Things coming into being, 2016, white charcoal on paper, seven drawings, 15” x 15” each
Dual (Full Circle) is an extension of the Dual Series, however in this body of work the animals gain more autonomy, turn to face one another, and begin to interact in a more confrontational way.
Bound (my Aesopian sadness), 2016, charcoal on paper, 50” x 50”
Dual (Full Circle I), 2013, charcoal on paper, 22” x 22”
Dual (Full Circle II), 2013, charcoal on paper, 22” x 22”
Dual (Full Circle III), 2013, charcoal on paper, 22” x 22”
Dual (Full Circle IV), 2013, charcoal on paper, 22” x 22”
This series of large-scale charcoal drawings on paper, playfully contemplates ideas of cohabitation and symbiotic relationships. Dual is also motivated by ideas about cellular division, conception, and the animal nature of our biology.
Dual (Wooten and Miller), 2012, charcoal on paper, 30” x 44”
Dual (Decatur and Barron), 2012, charcoal on paper, 30”x 44”
Dual (Senna), 2010, charcoal on paper, 30” x 40”
Dual (Hawkey), 2010, charcoal on paper, 30” x 44”
Dual (Cecrops), 2011, charcoal on paper, 26” x 40”
Dual (Meadow Star), 2011, charcoal on paper, 26” x 40”
Dual (Linley), 2010, charcoal on paper, 30” x 44”
Dual (Pushkina), 2010, charcoal on paper, 30” x 40”
This series of large-scale graphite drawings on paper contemplates the idea of dormancy and winter in the human body as a way of speaking about illness and recovery.
This body of work was supported by the Ontario Arts Council.
Quiescence, 2013, graphite on paper, 78” x 50”
Hushed Renewal, 2014, Graphite on paper, 68” x 50”
Lull, 2014, Graphite on paper, 84” x 50”
Stillness, 2014, Graphite on paper, 50” x 78”
