Paper Geography (2016-ongoing)
A collection of works that encompass abstract references to landforms and architecture, and explore paper and the printed surface as subject and site.
As an artist working with the subject of landscape, I am interested in the relationship between represented space and real space. The “real” space of the print is simply the paper and pigment. The embossment of the plate edge, the character of the paper surface, and the layers of ink embedded in the paper are the subtle physical properties of the print object. Variations in these conventions – the shaped plate, overprinting, misaligned registration – point to the print as both image and object.
Recent prints included here use photographic processes to document the paper surface and collages made from past prints, drawings, and printed paper. These works are small topographies of paper and present the page as a site for planning, acting, imagining, and building.
As an artist working with the subject of landscape, I am interested in the relationship between represented space and real space. The “real” space of the print is simply the paper and pigment. The embossment of the plate edge, the character of the paper surface, and the layers of ink embedded in the paper are the subtle physical properties of the print object. Variations in these conventions – the shaped plate, overprinting, misaligned registration – point to the print as both image and object.
Recent prints included here use photographic processes to document the paper surface and collages made from past prints, drawings, and printed paper. These works are small topographies of paper and present the page as a site for planning, acting, imagining, and building.