• About the artist
    • curriculum vitae
  • what's new?
  • 2016
  • 2014
  • 2011
    • atlas of amnesia (drawings)
    • atlas of amnesia (sketches)
    • THIS is how the BEAST enters the EARTH
  • 2002-2009
    • Geographic Tongue (2009)
    • Geographic Tongue (paintings)
    • Geographic Tongue (drawings)
    • Topography of Ooze (2008)
    • Mapping Etcetera (2006)
    • Mapping Etcetera #2 (2006)
    • Digital Remixes (2006)
    • Terra Incognita (2002-03)
  • 2000-2001
    • Manifest Density
    • Daytripper and Nightcrawlers
  • 1997-1999
    • Songs of the Earth
  • 1992-1997
  • Muttering Towards Ecstacy
  • 1985-1991
    • Theatre of REconstruction
    • Earth House Hold
    • Peek-A-Boo
Into The FIRE

Geographic Tongue: the paintings

Gerhardt (The Drunkard's Dream)
mixed media on canvas

Canvas was stretched over jig-saw cut plywood and gessoed. Collaged into the painting is a small drawing on cardboard, of an older man that reminds me of my maternal grandfather, and a diagram from an instructional book on bobbin stitch lace. As I grow older and raise a family of my own, I have become interested in the idea of blood lines and heredity. I find myself inventing fictional or speculative ancestors in my drawings.


Geographic Tongue #1

Geographic Tongue #1
mixed media on plywood


Geographic Tongue #4

Geographic Tongue #4
mixed media on plywood


Susan's Release

Picture
Susan's Release
mixed media on plywood

Enter the Volcano

Picture
Here's a detail from So Far From Home showing the hole cut in the upper middle of the canvas. Through the  hole you can see a drawing of a volcano. You can also see two sections of the painting that have been pinned in place. The fiery ball over the young woman's face is also pinned on.

Bluegrass Acupuncture

Picture
Here's a detail from Bluegrass Acupuncture, another large painting on loose canvas. A chunk of black coal (carved from insulation foam) dangles from above.

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