Reinickendorf Studio 2023

Blue Hydra 2022

115 x 80 cm

acrylic,ink, potted blue orchid and black pepples

on canvas and wooden shelf

photo: Joe Clark

Bryter Later 2022

115 x 80 cm

acrylic,ink, and Flashe on canvas

photo: Joe Clark

Butter Cup 2022

100 x 95 cm

acrylic and Flashe on canvas

photo: Joe Clark

Seance: The Book of M 2022

115 x 80 cm

acrylic,ink, and Flashe with candle, clay,

live moss, pot and black

pebbles on wooden shelf on canvas

photo: Joe Clark

Vivienne 2022

95 x 100 cm

acrylic and Flashe on canvas

photo: Joe Clark

My current series of paintings are meandering, a hard group and a soft group that overlap in attitudes and lines of inquiry, but with differing ancestry.

I love funny questions like “What is painting good for?” as they are fertile grounds for much of my creative activity.

Visual art has so many jobs to do, hence my need for multiple dialogs, series, and lines of inquiry.

When working with stretched canvases I begin with primed canvases, and combine traditional painting conventions with non-standard objects such as live plants, chintzy fabrics, duct tape, drawings on paper, plastic containers, cardboard, burning candles, non objective marks, and drawings of monsters and animals.

Fließen Fliehen Halten (Flee Flow Hold ) 2021

150 x 95 cm

acrylic and ink on linen(double sided)

 Erhalten (Receive) 2021

150 x 95 cm

acrylic and ink on linen(double sided)

In this softer ongoing vein of loose paintings, I work double-sided images into raw unstretched linens, dabbing and doodling with water-based graffiti markers, spray paint, and pigments that tend to bleed through to the images on the reverse sides. These can be experienced picture by picture, or together, like a giant graphic novel.

Having reparented myself with choice mothers, fathers, and ancestors, I’ve found a way through artistic practice to cultivate and experience my human lineage.

I do this in celebration, to offer apology, and to work on forgiveness.

Now I try to move in the direction of opening up and sharing my experiences so I can create multi-generational bridges and help other artists. This way my creative practice can offer connection, mainly through visual poetry, but also with teaching, coaching, curatorial and artistic collaborations, and scholarly research.