Opening Reception Thursday October 18, 2018 - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Show runs October 1-31, 2018
Show runs October 1-31, 2018
A look at the world you can’t see.
The unseen—and how it impacts the ways we live and view the world.
Nature—so much of its beauty and continuance is unseen simply because we don’t look or notice. This exhibition is my reaction to a world that avoids what is right in front of us.
As a society, we have retreated to an early evolutionary stage, instinctive fear, anger, judgments, hatred and resorting to tribes of thought. Does this occur when we can’t agree on reality?
The Work Process
The work presented is a series of encaustic monoprints on paper. All made on a hotbox—wax is melted and images drawn. Paper is placed on the wax and then pulled, creating a unique print. Sometimes the piece is placed on the hotbox again (usually in part) or to reprint on top of existing imagery.
The photographic pieces are made on a flatbed scanner. I use the flatbed like a large format view camera (reversed and upside down) to compose the image. Once the composition is complete, I bring it into Photoshop to either add more elements or draw and paint on top of it or sometimes do very little.
The final images are printed on Kozo, Bamboo, silk and cotton.
The unseen—and how it impacts the ways we live and view the world.
Nature—so much of its beauty and continuance is unseen simply because we don’t look or notice. This exhibition is my reaction to a world that avoids what is right in front of us.
As a society, we have retreated to an early evolutionary stage, instinctive fear, anger, judgments, hatred and resorting to tribes of thought. Does this occur when we can’t agree on reality?
The Work Process
The work presented is a series of encaustic monoprints on paper. All made on a hotbox—wax is melted and images drawn. Paper is placed on the wax and then pulled, creating a unique print. Sometimes the piece is placed on the hotbox again (usually in part) or to reprint on top of existing imagery.
The photographic pieces are made on a flatbed scanner. I use the flatbed like a large format view camera (reversed and upside down) to compose the image. Once the composition is complete, I bring it into Photoshop to either add more elements or draw and paint on top of it or sometimes do very little.
The final images are printed on Kozo, Bamboo, silk and cotton.
