Curtain Gouache #4, gouache on paper, 12.5” x 13.25”, 2015
From my first creative acts, repetition and repeat patterning have been dominant features. For the last six years, the focus of this exploration has been on using discarded, mass-produced fabric such as skirts, shirts, and curtains as subject matter. In the case of these oil paintings and gouache works, I’m specifically working with red, white, and blue fabric items.
Curtain Gouache #4, detail, 2014
Gouache on paper
Unframed: 12.5 x 13.25”
Close, oil on panel, 9” diameter, 2013
Close, detail
Curtain Gouache #1, gouache on paper, 12.5” x 13.25”, 2013
Curtain Gouache #1, detail, 2013
Gouache on paper
Unframed: 12.5 x 13.25”
Curtain Gouache #3, gouache on paper, 12.5” x 13.25”, 2015
Curtain Gouache #2, gouache on paper, 12.5” x 13.25”, 2014
Tuck, oil on panel, 7” diameter, 2012
Furrow, oil on panel, 7” diameter, 2009
Seeing Red, Mostly Blue, oil on mounted linen, 4.5”x15.5”, 2010
Seeing Red, Mostly Blue, blue panel
Seeing Red, Mostly Blue, detail of blue panel
Seeing Red, Mostly Blue, red panel
Curtains & Seeing Red, Mostly Blue
From my first creative acts, repetition and pattern have been dominant features, becoming a primary thread through my work. For the last decade, the starting point for the majority of my work discarded mass-produced fabric items, which I usually discover in thrift stores. The Curtains series focuses on a single synthetic curtain from Goodwill Central Texas in Austin, Texas. With these works, the traditional genre of western still-life painting — with its mix of visual generosity and warnings about materialism — is reinterpreted in works that address themes of iteration, time, and attention.