Lifting the Bucket |
2017-2018
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Lifting the Bucket is a collection of paintings and prints engaging with themes of emptiness within the context of everyday spaces like laundromats and diners. The title of the show 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, my work involves the time intensive examination of the mundane in order to uncover the sacredness hidden within. I invite the viewer to contemplate these subjects beyond their utilitarian function and—perhaps—see something sacred within them.
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, my work involves the time intensive examination of the mundane in order to uncover the sacredness hidden within. I invite the viewer to contemplate these subjects beyond their utilitarian function and—perhaps—see something sacred within them.
A Recently Washed Table. Oil on canvas. 42 x 60 ". 2017
Garden for Dorothy and Teresa. Screenprint glaze transfer, glaze, and gold leaf on coil built white stoneware trunks with bricks, white stoneware, oil, acrylic, tar, cement, straw, grass, peat moss, branches, wood structure, denim and screws. 3’ x 3 ‘ x 30” each. 2020-21.
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Vending Machine
Etching and aquatint 18 x 20 2018 |
Church Interior with Fan
Etching and aquatint 18 x 24 2017 |
Baptism into death/The Colonel serves to the Twelve Tribes
Run time: 50 minutes
Run time: 50 minutes
The Laundromat. Oil on canvas. 5 x 7 '. 2017.