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2/1/13 Creating a stain (i.e. mark) from a substance that is known to eliminate and destroy stains: bleach. Would this be considered a subtractive process? What will diluted bleach do to raw cotton canvas dyed with tea and acrylic ink and the water-proof surface of dried acrylic paint? 2/2/13 Some artists begin with delegation: composition, arrangement of… Continue reading Artist Journal #7

1/28/13 As I was photographing my drawings, I was beginning to think of ways they would be hung, displayed. My work is all about edge quality. I love frayed and asymmetrical shapes/boundaries. I want to keep the torn and misshapen edges, retain that initial relationship with the paper; sometimes before images even begin and other times… Continue reading Artist Journal #6

1/23/13 Winter break back in my hometown is not a productive time for me, at least for art making, hence the long time period between the last entry and this one. As you know from a previous post about studio progress, I am back in the studio getting started on my projects for my advanced… Continue reading Artist Journal #5

10/25/12 Hooks come out of caught fibers on yarn; the weight of gravity verses texture of linen. I’ve seen the hooks before – in the slaughter cave in upper village, gnawing at the weave of stretched, primed canvas, hanging the remnants of quickly painted figures from an earlier work. The hook is waiting for a catch, a dangling… Continue reading Artist Journal #4

10/23/12 With the rock drawing, I was still thinking about contour, the exterior of the form/shape. Frottage collects information about the form, within its own boundaries, disregarding the linear edges of the form from which the texture was derived; capturing its index. This is similar to what my process is with the figure. By recording… Continue reading Artist Journal #3