hand stretch
canvas
onto wood.
in 6 colors
with 6 pastels
make 6 marks.
on the back of this canvas
apply enough postage stamps
to send this object through the post to someone you love.
every person who interacts with this piece will alter the 6 marks, which will through this movement in the post create the piece.
in this way from the time you send this canvas until the time it is received a performance will occur.
a spectrum through time & place between two points visualizing the love between these two people.
spectrum composition
enter
i terpret
in erpret
int rpret
inter pret
int rpret
in erpret
i terpret
enter
direction composition
sharpen a pencil with a stone and draw a line around the stone until the pencil can no longer draw
pencil composition
duration as place
“the animal with the shortest life span sits atop the animal with the longest life span”
A for contemplation
B from empathy
C fulfilling direction
algae cast into prickly pear cactus
landscape with stillness
while your stopping become the flowers
flower, 2018
one are we are one
photograph yourself with arms wide open, position your arms in such a way that they link with the person to your right & left, with armed shared circle the world together for everyone in it
using a string whose length is to be determined by the distance of your shadow from mine, pull
line composition
leave a penny on the ground heads up so the next person to walk by has good luck.
the breath of the wind can be seen upon the ground as fallen leaves
the outline said to the shadow, “are you coming?”
summer, 2016
count all the ways you love yourself, count all the ways you love a friend, add these numbers together & plant this many trees.
love composition
a small brightly colored booklet filled with images of fallen flowers from trees on the ground
the reflection of tree branches on grass
fall, 2014
show me the place where you picture yourself when all your dreams come true
summer, 2015
a book with no ending
a book with no beginning
winter, 2018
Writing
canvas
onto wood.
in 6 colors
with 6 pastels
make 6 marks.
on the back of this canvas
apply enough postage stamps
to send this object through the post to someone you love.
every person who interacts with this piece will alter the 6 marks, which will through this movement in the post create the piece.
in this way from the time you send this canvas until the time it is received a performance will occur.
a spectrum through time & place between two points visualizing the love between these two people.
spectrum composition
spring, 2017
enter
i terpret
in erpret
int rpret
inter pret
int rpret
in erpret
i terpret
enter
direction composition
summer 2018
sharpen a pencil with a stone and draw a line around the stone until the pencil can no longer draw
pencil composition
summer, 2018
duration as place
“the animal with the shortest life span sits atop the animal with the longest life span”
A for contemplation
B from empathy
C fulfilling direction
algae cast into prickly pear cactus
summer, 2018
landscape with stillness
while your stopping become the flowers
flower, 2018
one are we are one
photograph yourself with arms wide open, position your arms in such a way that they link with the person to your right & left, with armed shared circle the world together for everyone in it
winter, 2018
using a string whose length is to be determined by the distance of your shadow from mine, pull
line composition
winter, 2018
leave a penny on the ground heads up so the next person to walk by has good luck.
luck composition
winter, 2018
the breath of the wind can be seen upon the ground as fallen leaves
fall, 2018
the outline said to the shadow, “are you coming?”
summer, 2016
count all the ways you love yourself, count all the ways you love a friend, add these numbers together & plant this many trees.
love composition
summer, 2015
a small brightly colored booklet filled with images of fallen flowers from trees on the ground
the reflection of tree branches on grass
fall, 2014
show me the place where you picture yourself when all your dreams come true
summer, 2015
a book with no ending
a book with no beginning
winter, 2018
Writing
2013-ongoing
i begin by placing the leaves of tree branches onto the piano strings. in this way, when my fingers take a walk through the keys i'll know i've ended up in the forest in which I am so fond of these days.
fall, 2018
the idea shall come first.
naive intuition shall come second.
retinal aesthetics & innocent thought shall come together.
conceptual folk arts
draw a line and turn it into something
draw a square and walk through it
draw a circle and fall down it
draw a triangle and climb it
spring, summer, fall, winter, 2018
a. hand stretch canvas onto wood
b. throw 3 pieces of paper into the air
c. glue the paper where it lands onto the canvas
e. the painting is considered finished when the glue, paper, canvas and wood have turned to dust
painting to be decomposed
go to the river, ask for the current
a line from one ocean to connect another
when someone cries, we taste salt
soft hues, often round
wish from the land to the sea
the love in looking
water, 2018
if you have an idea and i have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas
summer, 2018
art gallery
to open with the sunrise
to close with the sunset
one morning i found wonder in my memory
we listen to the stars at night when it is dark enough to find them
tonight i hang the stars for you, the one out of place here with me
follow a comet, run as fast as you can to catch its tail
spring, 2018
place one foot in front of the other to take you to your imagination.
health composition
every something begins as nothing
spring, 2015
seven
shooting
stars
so
sight
some
sound
blow a kiss to your someone special every time you see the sky's reflection through rain puddles in the street
i believe in your heart.
paintings on rocks, so that when you roll them down a hill they reveal their subject matter
hill composition
take continuous steps in the shape of a heart until the one your searching for appears
fall, 2018
the idea shall come first.
naive intuition shall come second.
retinal aesthetics & innocent thought shall come together.
conceptual folk arts
spring, 2018
draw a line and turn it into something
draw a square and walk through it
draw a circle and fall down it
draw a triangle and climb it
spring, summer, fall, winter, 2018
a. hand stretch canvas onto wood
b. throw 3 pieces of paper into the air
c. glue the paper where it lands onto the canvas
e. the painting is considered finished when the glue, paper, canvas and wood have turned to dust
painting to be decomposed
summer 2018
go to the river, ask for the current
a line from one ocean to connect another
when someone cries, we taste salt
soft hues, often round
wish from the land to the sea
the love in looking
water, 2018
if you have an idea and i have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas
summer, 2018
art gallery
to open with the sunrise
to close with the sunset
spring, 2018
one morning i found wonder in my memory
we listen to the stars at night when it is dark enough to find them
tonight i hang the stars for you, the one out of place here with me
wish, 2018
follow a comet, run as fast as you can to catch its tail
spring, 2018
place one foot in front of the other to take you to your imagination.
health composition
winter, 2018
every something begins as nothing
spring, 2015
seven
shooting
stars
so
sight
some
sound
summer, 2017
blow a kiss to your someone special every time you see the sky's reflection through rain puddles in the street
summer, 2016
i believe in your heart.
spring, 2013
paintings on rocks, so that when you roll them down a hill they reveal their subject matter
hill composition
summer, 2014
take continuous steps in the shape of a heart until the one your searching for appears
summer, 2015
drop 12
marbles into
12 different
colors
of paint.
roll each
of them
individually
across a
canvas
in order
of chance.
marble composition
mailing an envelope filled with air to the sky
air composition
seven stones rolled in seven colors dropped from seven heights onto seven handmade rice papers. each stone dropped from a height of one to seven feet in succession over seven minutes.
summer, 2018
plant a tree. stand in the rain collecting rain drops on your tongue until it stops raining. water a tree.
rain composition
a book where each page carries a letter, where each letter is a different point size, the first page starting with a letter 1 point in size, the book ending when the letter on the page fills the entire surface of the page, growing in illegibility
growth book
profoundly beautiful is the world that is painted with love
toward a feeling
i've grown harmony in everything
light exists in you, upon reaching the darkness ahead you will find a way
wonder in living
love, 2018
i haven't done anything here
an exhibition for a gallery space in which nothing has been placed, the art being those who walk into the space & experience the time + place
collect, scan & document 100 stones from the bed of a river, impose them into a book in the shape they were taken
my bed is the river is my bed
count the number of leaves which fall from a tree during autumn. plant this many flowers around the tree the following spring.
dedication composition
an event to begin after the sun has set in the sky. to take place in a room filled with stars made from paper, painted with ink which glows under darkness. every viewer will be taught to hand fold paper stars and should feel free to take away their own star. an event to end after the sun has risen in the sky.
how we wonder
show me the place where you picture yourself when all your dreams come true
a book that uses sentences as mazes so that you have to read them in their correct order for the story to make logical sense
who
what
then
where
why
a pencil erases itself a eraser sharpens itself
winter, 2018
marbles into
12 different
colors
of paint.
roll each
of them
individually
across a
canvas
in order
of chance.
marble composition
spring, 2018
mailing an envelope filled with air to the sky
air composition
fall, 2018
seven stones rolled in seven colors dropped from seven heights onto seven handmade rice papers. each stone dropped from a height of one to seven feet in succession over seven minutes.
distance for duration, in seven parts
summer, 2018
plant a tree. stand in the rain collecting rain drops on your tongue until it stops raining. water a tree.
rain composition
summer, 2018
a book where each page carries a letter, where each letter is a different point size, the first page starting with a letter 1 point in size, the book ending when the letter on the page fills the entire surface of the page, growing in illegibility
growth book
summer, 2018
profoundly beautiful is the world that is painted with love
toward a feeling
i've grown harmony in everything
light exists in you, upon reaching the darkness ahead you will find a way
wonder in living
love, 2018
i haven't done anything here
an exhibition for a gallery space in which nothing has been placed, the art being those who walk into the space & experience the time + place
spring, 2018
collect, scan & document 100 stones from the bed of a river, impose them into a book in the shape they were taken
my bed is the river is my bed
winter, 2018
count the number of leaves which fall from a tree during autumn. plant this many flowers around the tree the following spring.
dedication composition
summer, 2017
an event to begin after the sun has set in the sky. to take place in a room filled with stars made from paper, painted with ink which glows under darkness. every viewer will be taught to hand fold paper stars and should feel free to take away their own star. an event to end after the sun has risen in the sky.
how we wonder
fall, 2018
show me the place where you picture yourself when all your dreams come true
summer, 2016
a book that uses sentences as mazes so that you have to read them in their correct order for the story to make logical sense
fall, 2014
who
what
then
where
why
fall, 2018
a pencil erases itself a eraser sharpens itself
winter, 2018