I am an abstractionist*. My work is based on memories and conceptual interpretations of particular places. I frequently use my own photographic documents as a reference. These sources help me locate a memory, a place, and/or a point in time.
My visual vocabulary relies on rudimentary geometry found in nature and architectonic forms. Scale, proportion, light, and shadow are key elements in all my work. I create work using multiple mediums ranging from vellum and Arches paper, to aluminum and wood. This includes two-dimensional works on paper, wall reliefs, and sculpture. My wall reliefs and sculptures are a magnification of isolated forms taken from my works on paper.
My works on paper can be found in the following collections:
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland; Blanton Museum of Art; Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN; Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, Massachusetts; San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina; Yale University Art Museum, New Haven, Connecticut.
*Abstractionism is the theory that the mind obtains some or all of its concepts by abstracting them from concepts it already has, or from experience. Wikipedia
