In Domestic Dramas I explore the potential of pattern to function as metaphor for aspects of domestic life--from intimate issues of body and self, to broader questions of relationship and community.
My images represent moments--brief bobbings to the surface of awareness that accumulate on canvas and paper. They deal obliquely with family and household rhythms--the pattern of daily life--and with things that threaten that pattern. What holds us together? What breaks us apart? A blueprint of schisms--bridged successfully or superficially--may be the most telling pattern of all.
Why pattern? Because it pervades our lives. Pattern forms the foundation for mathematics, science, visual art, literature and music, for human learning and behavior. On a mundane level--from wallpaper to bed sheets, clothing to body tattoos--we express and comfort ourselves through pattern. I love the ordinariness of pattern, and its possibility for transcendence.
acrylic and printing ink on canvas
30 x 40 inches
2001
acrylic and graphite powder on canvas
24 x 24 inches
2001
my rationale, mixed media on paper, 19-1/2 x 37-1/2 inches, 2001
(detail)
et cetera, mixed media on canvas and wall, 18 x 73-1/4 inches, 2001
acrylic, printing ink, gesso, linseed oil on paper
28 x 40 inches
2001
mixed media on paper
19 x 24-3/8 inches
2001
acrylic, ink, and linseed oil on paper
19-1/2 x 24 inches
2001
mixed media on paper
22 x 30 inches
2001
mixed media on canvas
72 x 48 inches
2001
(detail)
mixed media on paper, mounted on wood panel
36 x 36 inches
2001
(detail)
mixed media and collage on paper
34-1/4 x 51 inches
2001
(detail)
