Mapping : Pattern Recognition #5
2009
plaster, cheesecloth, acrylic, tempera, ink, collage, stitching, cloth, glue
5′ x 5′

Untitled
2009
photocopied phone book image, junk mail
5.5″ x 5.5″

Mapping: Pattern Recognition #8
2011
mixed media on canvas
5′x5′

Mapping : Pattern Recognition #6
2010
muslin cloth, machine stitching, rooibos tea dye, glue, acrylic, tempera, vine charcoal, graphite, paper collage
5′ X 5′

Untitled
2010
encaustic, teabags, xerox transfer
11″x11″

Artist Statement

How do you explore the liminal places people inhabit, where familiar objects are used for orientation but not consciously seen? My aim is to toy with the idea of data as landscape: we acquire an informed intuition that is both learned knowledge and gut reaction to our immediate surroundings.

Cloth and stitching build depth and structure on the surface of my work. The grids made by the cloth imitate the grids of maps and buildings. Stitching is used to emulate the movement of roads, railroads, and boundaries. Cloth and stitching are also part of clothing and the surfaces are meant to invoke a sense of the body as it moves through space. There is a sense of misguided mending here: the cloth is dirty and the stitching warps and damages instead of healing- creating a scar on the surface.

The limited palette I use mimics the same limited palette of a map or technical schematic. Using less color brings attention to the details: a visual imitation of the mind’s ability to filter out unnecessary information through pattern recognition.

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