"What's left over..."-90in x 54in, oil on linen

All the paintings in the "What's left over..." series are oil on linen, white paint on a black ground, and evoke the photographic negative, a photogram, or an x-ray. However, unlike any of these comparisons, the paintings are made by hand, in direct response to an object itself, in this case, a bouquet of dead flowers.

Each painting in the series measures 54” x 90”, enforcing a relation to a human scale. The white paint on the black surface is transparent in parts, and the brushstrokes are present as evidence of potential life left inside what is already dead.

There are also a series of watercolors on black paper that, using the same subject and relatively the same process, play with another subtle variation in the way that the paint sinks into the surface.

My project ideas include further experimentation with the way an image comes together, or falls apart. I am creating drawings using a silverpoint technique, creating a scenario in which the drawing continues to “draw” itself once I’m finished because of the natural oxidation process of the material.