These pieces are the core of my work. They are about what it feels like for me to walk quietly through the city and explore what we do and don’t see in the act of looking. They are about dreaming and remembering as much as they are about living in the city.

Making these works is part of a multi-step process. The paintings are developed on top of compositions I create by cutting away hardboard to form silhouettes. After cutting the hardboard, I roll the surface with ink and create a limited series of relief prints. The prints allow me to explore the same forms and imagery through multiple media. The two halves of the diptychs are mirrored images: the hardboard wood-block and a corresponding relief print.

Next I return to the original cut hardboards, painting them with imagery from nature: landscapes, cloudscapes, and more. Finally, I float-mount them, setting the pieces away from the wall to create a shadow layer behind them. The interplay of figure and space, color, form, and void hint at how we experience the not-so-simple acts of walking and looking and being.