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STATEMENT OF WORK
My drawings and paintings connect the fields of art and science by using images of natural and astronomical phenomena. I am interested in the attempt to observe something that remains out of reach and, ultimately, how this pursuit reflects on the observer themself.
Forms, patterns, and colors found in photographs from science books and the Internet are compositional starting points. My current work explores the variety and subtle differences between the patterned surfaces of seashells. Other recent bodies of work have looked at images of Saturn's rings and star trails constructed by time-lapse exposures, spectroscopes, and color-enhanced photography.
The process of the work’s making is seen in the color test swatches left on the sides of the image and the slow, deliberate mark-making. These reveal the discoveries made while drawing a picture.
My work is indebted to the history and forms of early modernism, particularly when abstraction begins to take shape. Growing up in rural Maine, near the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, instilled a respect for craft and a sense of discovery and wonder in the natural world. My art aspires to find fleeting moments of awe through a homemade process.