The Rooms: Interior Space as Mental Space, the Space of the Imagination
A recurring theme among my paintings and prints, the
interiors are complex allegories for a constantly shifting
sense of self. As major changes in family and professional
life occur, I often find the simple form of the room to be the
perfect place to explore and reevaluate the past as well as
dream of the future. This series began by incorporating
collagraphs (collage plates) that my toddler helped make.
His loose brushwork and freely collaged textures become
trees, clouds, tables, and chairs within the room's imaginative
space.
Installation of the Rooms series at Diego Rivera Gallery at SFAI.
Room (Prototype) 2010-2011
Intaglio, collagraph, with additions of collage, acrylic, and pencil on paper.
50" by 36"
Room #1
Collagraph, engraving, chine colle, and collage on paper.
50" by 35"
2010
Room #2
Collagraph, monotype, engraving, chine colle, acrylic, and collage on paper.
46" by 34"
2010
Room #3
Monotype on rice paper, collage, inked collagraph plate, aquatint on rice paper , Thai gong.
Overall dimensions 50" by 48" by 2"
2010
Room #4
Collagraph, engraving, aquatint, colored pencil on paper.
50" by 37"
2010
Room #5
Collagraph, monotype, engraving, aquatint, chine colle on paper.
50" by 37"
2010
Views of the Rooms
Aquatint, spit-bite aquatint with engraving, drypoint, scraper, and burnisher
from four plates.
8" by 13"
2011