A World of Manifestations

Solo Show at Auric Gallery

Colorado Springs, Colorado

March 2024

text displayed at the exhibition: 

A World of Manifestations celebrates the many variations of putting ink on paper. Abstraction is open-ended, and so I establish parameters for a piece or series. I narrow down on the materials, color scheme, dimensions, type of mark making, etc, and then I can focus on improvising within those parameters. For the work I did in a series, I play with the subtle differences in each piece and let improvisation take over. I don’t plan exactly what the piece will look like ahead of time. I like the element of chance and exploration inherent in printmaking.

In October, I spent a month in Paonia, Colorado at Elsewhere Studios making the larger colorful ink on paper pieces. I used a brayer (ink roller) to apply the ink on paper and sometimes layered the "paintings" with chalk pastel. While at In Cahoots Residency in Petaluma, California, I made the mostly black ink on white paper monotype series. There, I inked up a plexiglass plate with black litho ink, then removed the ink with various tools (rags, q-tips, etc) and alcohol before running the plate through the Takach printing press to transfer the ink onto white paper.

I find inspiration from the motion of gravity, falling water, the texture of rock faces and wide trees, horizon lines, motion of trees, the energy between two figures... I welcome viewers to see and feel whatever comes up when spending time with the work.

to purchase available works from the A World of Manifestations collection, please contact art@auricgallery.com or visit auricgallery.com

Listening to Bunnies

monotype on mulberry paper

17 x 13”

private collection

Once Running

monotype on stonehenge paper

11 x 14”

private collection

Hidden Arrows

monotype on stonehenge paper

11 x 14”

available

Unmastering I, II, III, IV (clockwise from top left)

monotypes on stonehenge paper

10.75 x 13.25”

available, pieces sold individually

Another Moon

monotype on stonehenge paper

22 x 29.5”

private collection

Ages of Sleep

monotype on stonehenge paper

11 x 14”

available

One Right Way

ink on paper

17 x 20

available

Static Left is Static I & II

monotype on stonehenge paper

29.5 x 22”

private collection

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