KEEPSAKES, 2024
How are memories stored in flat, two-dimensional space? In this new body of work, I explore the representation of remembered landscape. I document my visual experience of Pacific Northwest beaches, mountains, and valleys by making quick sketches; back in the studio, I use those field notes as a starting point to reinterpret and recollect locations.
A history of mark-making emerges as I build layers of glaze and push brushes, sticks or rags across the wood surface. Scratches and stains overlap vestiges of mountain shapes or horizon lines from earlier points in time.
My intention is to offer viewers a meditation on how memory reshapes perception. What does it look like when real landscapes are translated to constructed surfaces?
Keepsakes, with work by Elizabeth Copland, Genny Costin, and Laura Todd, on view at Shift Gallery, February 1 - March 2, 2024.
Shift Gallery open Friday-Saturday 11 am-4 pm, 312 S. Washington Street, Seattle, WA 98104. Opening reception Thursday February 1, 5-8 pm. Meet the Artists Saturday February 3, 1-3 pm
Field Journey IV, 2024. Acrylic, collage on wood panel. 8” x 8”. SOLD.
Field Journey II, 2024. Acrylic, collage on wood panel. 8” x 8”. SOLD.
Groundskeeping I (diptych), 2024. Acrylic, ink on wood panel. 8” x 16”. SOLD.
Out on the Flats, 2024. Acrylic, graphite, ink on wood panel. 36” x 24”. SOLD
Out on the Flats, detail
Near Wenatchee, 2024. Acrylic on wood panel. 8” x 8”.
Groundskeeping II (diptych), 2024. Acrylic, graphite on wood panel. 8” x 16”. SOLD.
Near Camas Land, 2024. Acrylic on wood panel. 8” x 8”.
Out on the Flats II, 2024. Acrylic, graphite, ink on wood panel. 36” x 24”. SOLD
Field Journey III, 2024. Acrylic, collage on wood panel. 8” x 8”. SOLD.
