100 DAYS is a study of time, identity and alchemy. There are 336 encaustic paintings on birch plywood with 2 magnets on the reverse side. The magnets are then used to affix the painting to a steel wall installed in six parts. This project involved fingerprints...
365 (UNTITLED) is an exploration of time, space, identity and the quotidian necessities of daily living as a mother with a toddler. One of three large scale installation paintings. Each 6×6 piece is labeled on the back with the individual’s fingerprint or footprint and a...
CRISIS is a nod to motherhood as the infant has a constant need of a constant food source. Each plaster bottle nipple was cast in plaster and then dipped in molten wax and allowed to cool. Each nipple is affixed to the frame with a...
MINING IDENTITY is a family portrait created in 2002 from three sets of fingerprints: my daughter, Finola, her father, Ransom and myself. Fingerprints are “indexical signifiers”of the uniqueness of individual identity. My interest is in the intersection of geography and genetic coding and the horizon...
40 WEEKS / OXIDATION is a painting about the evolution of identity within motherhood. Each painting is adhered with magnets to a giant steel wall in 8 different sections. The measurement of 40 weeks is the amount of time necessary for human gestation and every...