Somethings - Art Exhibition

These are some things I have made to help satisfy my interest in stories and storytelling. The stories I find most intriguing are those that have been un-remembered, either by choice or accident, and have fallen out of our collective consciousness. My intention is to evoke a narrative through the objects and images, and to create a compelling image that promotes inquiry.

The work presented in this exhibition represents the thread this progression has followed. I began painting on old maps because I liked their graphic qualities, but soon the stories and events associated with the places began to inform my decisions and they formed a stronger context for the images I created.

Eventually, the stories took precedence over the maps and images weren't enough to convey the physicality I was hoping to achieve. Objects and images started working in unison to relate the story.

This past spring, I had an opportunity to take a sculpture course sponsored by the Formica Corporation. When I think of Formica, what comes to mind is the 1950s sense of optimism and progress - typified in the iconic Boomerang pattern often seen on diner tables from that era. I enjoy making things, and this fit right into the direction I was pursuing in my work, of creating modern cabinets of curiosity. And what could be more modern than Formica?

• Shed, wood, formica, acrylic and antler (2015)
• Happy Trails, wood, formica, foam and acrylic (2015)
• Marrow, wood, formica, metal (2015)
• The Czar'™s Challenge, wood, formica, metal, acrylic and paper (2015)
• Delilah, wood, formica, metal, acrylic and mixed media (2015)
• Canal Days, wood, formica, acrylic, bone and mixed media (2015)

• The Miller'™s Daughter, mixed media, 14" x 22" (2015)
• Bound to Dance, mixed media, 14" x 22" (2015)
• Culto de los Milagros, mixed media, 10" x 24" (2015)
• Good for a Laugh, mixed media, 9" x 9" (2014)
• The Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, mixed media, 9" x 9" (2014)
• Restoration, mixed media, 10" x 12" (2013)
• Fidelity, mixed media, 9" x 15" (2013)
• Snare, mixed media, 9" x 11" (2013)
• Keeper, mixed media, 9" x 17" (2013)
• Lost Traits, mixed media, 12" x 10" (2013)

• Lá an Dreoilín, mixed media, 14.5" x 10.5" (2012)
• Eostur-monath, mixed media, 10" x 14" (2012)
• Mesikammen, mixed media, 10.5" x 14.5" (2012)
• Apparatus, mixed media, 14" x 20" (2012)
• Ta-weret, mixed media, 14.5" x 10.5" (2012)
• Pulse, mixed media, 10" x10" (2012)
• Labor of Love, mixed media, 8.5" x 17" (2011)
• Core, mixed media, 10" x 14" (2011)
• Double-Trouble, mixed media, 9.5" x 19" (2011)
• Hitch, mixed media, 9.5" x 20" (2011)
• Survey, mixed media, 10.5" x 15" (2011)