Lifting the Bucket 

2017-2018

​Lifting the Bucket is a collection of paintings, performances, and prints engaging with themes of spirituality and sexuality within the context of everyday spaces. The title is taken from a chapter of the same name from Saint Teresa of Avila’s Book of My Life. This phrase is in reference to her writings about prayer. According to her, prayer exists in four stages, with the first involving meditational rigor in order to receive spiritual blessings. In the same way, this body of work involves the time intensive examination of mundane subjects, inviting viewers to uncover something sacred hidden within these objects.

A Recently Washed Table. Oil on canvas. 42" x 60". 2017

Laundromat. Oil on canvas. 5.5' x 6' 2018

Dead Raccoon, Etching and aquatint, 16 x 24 in, 2017

Vending Machine
​Etching and aquatint
18 x 20 in
2018
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Church Interior with Fan
Etching and aquatint
18 x 24 in
2017

A Study for Innocence. Etching and aquatint on Kool-Aid dyed paper. 15 x 19 in. 2017

Diptych of Bolonga and Cheese. Etching and Aquatint. 22 X 26 in (framed). 2017