Excavation [Painting + Drawing]

03 EXCAVATION
PAINTING + DRAWING

The third stage of my process is about excavating the essence of the feelings and stories that came through the installations and into the collages. I do this mostly through painting and sometimes with charcoal drawings.

Each painting is made with raw pigment and oils, sometimes mixed with emulsion paint, smoke and soft pastel. I often cover over and rework paintings several times, painting, scrubbing back and painting again until the final image emerges.

I think of these works as excavations because there are many layers to the stories and memories that have gone into them, often from different people. The process involves a degree of uncertainty, allowing forms to emerge, disappear and reappear as I work.

Selected Paintings

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Selected Drawings

Sketches, layered works, monotypes and etchings.

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