Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Open Studio 11/2016 (Documentation)

Open Studio June 2014

Featured Work: "Volume" 



       16 panels varied dimensions
       exhibitions: Honfleur Gallery, WDC November - December, 2014
                        New Door Creative, Baltimore, MD  June, 2016

January 2015 - November 2016

context: "Volume" completed. St. Elizabeths East public art project successfully installed. nothing pressing coming up. think volume think triangle think space. recycle. exercise. study. experiment.

process: stitch, weave, collage, draw, paint
materials: paper, fabric, thread, wire, string, metal, wood

influential opportunity: invited by curator Molly Merson/Gallery Krom to participate in a group show about the environment 

Featured Work                               

Toxicity in the Air Installation 

4 works on paper (2016)
exhibition: District of Columbia Art Center, January/February 2017









"The Red Menace"
acrylic, handmade recycled paper, vinyl cord, bamboo and rose wood





"Urban Runoff"
acrylic, cotton, linen and silk dryer lint, purchased acetate boxes



"The Toxic Air We Unknowingly Breathe"
handmade recycled paper, lint pulp paper, acrylic,cotton thread
exhibition: June-July 2016 Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ




"Industrial Smog"
lint pulp paper, acrylic, bamboo, vinyl cord, tar paper, plastic coated pine rod


Current Project: Painting on Quilt Batting


"Walk in the Park: Apartment Living"
9 Panels (varied dimensions)
acrylic, cotton thread, plastic coated wire, cotton-poly batting
exhibition: Prince Georges County African American Museum and Cultural Center Winter-Spring, 2017

work in progress not pictured:

series of 10 small wall hangings with exterior linear element


Ongoing Exercise: "3sides"

recycle old work, make 3 sided standing elements


a) "The Black Army"
acrylic, graphite, vinyl cord, rag and recycled paper
b) "small soldiers"
acrylic, graphite, cotton thread, recycled paper










"Water Meditation Tool"
acrylic, ph neutral drawing and Japanese papers







"Red Line Study 2016"
acrylic, vinyl cord, Japanese and ph neutral drawing paper











"The Chase"
acrylic, ink, rag, recycled and Japanese papers



not pictured:
"Ghost Ships" (7 standing panels)
acrylic, coloring pencil, graphite, joss, recycled and Japanese papers, vinyl cord, bamboo

"The Elite Guard" (4 standing elements)
acrylic, graphite, cotton thread, steel wire, recycled paper

"Suspended Animation" (3 elements)
acrylic, cotton thread, vinyl cord, rag and recycled papers

going into 2017

 Influential Opportunities

Artist Residency to make new work in Paducah, Kentucky
(become a Residency Angel here)

(tentative) Participation in group show "Reconstruction" with large format work
(Curator: Michelle Talibah/New Door Creative, Baltimore)




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