Paintures

Acrylic paint & Conte Crayon over Armature

The Paintures evolved during a series in which I built three dimensional sculptures out of hundreds of layers of paint [Chromascapes 2007]. With the goal to strip paint from its substrate–the canvas, I was inspired by the expressive nature of paint as a medium, and the creative and make-do aesthetic of Folk and Outsider Art. The Paintures are created from paint skins and scrapings affixed to metal armatures.

Fired Painting Landscapes book. Created using unique, firing processes and materials at Penland School of Crafts Residency 2017

Layered Acrylic Paint, Pins on Canvas

H25" x W25" x D2"

One of a series of three in the collection of Elizabeth Rice Grossman & Elite Pacific Construction, HI

Carved Layered Paint 25” x 25” x2'“

Layered, carved Acrylic Paint, Pins on Canvas

Carved Paint, Framed
H5.5" x W5.5" x D5.5"

In 2007 I was simultaneously working with the sculptural and expressive qualities of paint in built paint form sculptures, and sumi-e ink in my book forms. Referencing page layering and the earlier faded ink fore edges of my Volumes series, my ink and paint works invoke the meditative through the act of applying ink and obliterating meaning, or layering, building, and carving with paint.