Still Bodies, Hammond Harkins Gallery, Columbus, Ohio 2021 - 2023

This series of arched low-relief, polychromatic works holds figures caught in action. Once active, the figures are now inlaid, still, and immovable, intertwined and cut through with repeating leaf shapes. The leaf forms, first observed and then rendered across time, are sourced from women’s still life paintings spanning from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance to the work of Modernists. Through this layering across time, I am searching for a connector, a thought line from them to me, and from me onward.

all its power is in its roots

The sweat of the earth sends out twisted herbs

it attracts to itself a little bit of the richness from the earth

all its vital energy is from the power of the sun, whence it checks melancholy

they grow in unstable breezes

it is of such great strength that even a stone is not able to withstand it

DESCRIPTION: A collection of sculptural objects displayed on the floor and mounted on the wall, featuring a vibrant, multi-colored patterned surface. Some objects have additional imagery embedded in a contrasting color or in low relief, inviting tactile exploration. the patterning resembles a blend between stone and painting and they possess a surreal, highly polished appearance. The imagery comprises a blend of floral and botanical elements intertwined with figures, with certain pieces incorporating textual elements.