The Beeline Series
The broken lines have always interested me as it suggests propulsion and directionality which a straight line does not always achieve. But in this movement, something else is afoot: the pictorial volume of spatial possibilities created by the flight patterns of a bee, or maybe a swallow. The intersecting lines contract and explode this spatial volume — always moving and infused with emotion. I use a free hand to draw them and never pre-sketch them compositional elements in the picture because the line always changes its mind.
Beeline, No. 5, Graphite on paper, 22x30”, 2022
Beeline No. 2, Graphite on paper, 22x30”, 2022
Beeline No. 3, Graphite on paper, 22x30”, 2022
The Hut Series
The Hut Series sprang from an impulse to celebrate a form that simultaneously contains yet excludes, much like a burka, or the hijab worn by Middle Eastern women. It is neither a hut or a dress, but shelter or a prison.
Untitled, Hut Series, Ink on paper, 11x10", Ref 20-052D
Untitled, Hut Series, Ink on paper, 11x10", Ref 20-052A, Private Collection
Untitled, Hut Series, Ink on paper, 11x10", Ref 20-052, Private Collection
Hut, 2009, Etching on wove paper, 15 x 11 in (paper) 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 (plate), Edition of 20
Hut in Reverse, 2009, Relief etching on wove paper, 15 x 11 in (paper), 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 (plate), Edition of 8 plus 3 AP
Sleeping Invertebrates, Ink on khadi, 8-1/2x11-3/4”, 2020, Ref 20-050C, Private Collection
Four Voices for a Joyous Hymn, Ink on khadi, 8-1/2x11-3/4”, 2020, Ref 20-050B, Private Collection
Quintet for Strings, Ink on khadi, 8-1/2x11-3/4”, 2020, Ref 20-50A, Private Collection
Raucous Symmetry, Ink on paper, 22x30", Ref, Private Collection
Raucous Symmetry, Ink on paper, 22x30", Ref, Private Collection
Aeolian Island, Sicily, Ink on khadi, 14.6x21cm, 2020, Ref 20-051, Private Collection