Spatial Inquiries
and THE ARCHITECTURE OF GESTURE series
These two bodies of work are essentially the same series just spanning different dates. The Architecture of Gesture series began in 2009. Spatial Inquiries was a return back to that body of work in 2022. I consider these works to be part of an overarching investigation into playing with gestural abstraction within simplified architectural spaces. My interdisciplinary practice is rooted in this navigation of ambiguous, architectural spaces under the umbrella of loss and transition.
The frame, the door, or the tray in my work all symbolize the act of painting itself, the vehicle in which I process the world and strive to regain stability and balance. I am interested in conveying a sense of the unknown within layered architectural formats.
Works are available unless otherwise noted private collection or not available. See available works on paper from this series scrolling to bottom.
Take Up Space, 48x42 in plus frame, acrylic on canvas in white frame, 2022
Walking Into Phase Three, 44x32 in, oil on canvas
American Miscarriage, oil on canvas, interior white paint, staples, acrylic, stretcher bars, 10x8in with extending triangle approximately 20 in long
studio view with Spatial Inquiries works
Again, 20x16 in, oil on canvas (currently available at City Haus Interiors in Chicago)
studio view
Untitled, Architecture of Gesture/Spatial Inquiries series, 60x48 in, acrylic and interior paint on raw canvas, gesso on reverse, 2022
install photo
40x30, oil on canvas
studio wall
Spatial Inquiries series: Untitled, 10 x 8 in, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2022
Spatial Inquiries series, 60x40 in (currently unstretched) oil on canvas
private collection, oil on canvas (72 by 40 in)
oil on canvas,
Negated Neutrality, 44 by 32 in, acrylic on canvas, currently unstretched
10 by 8 in, oil on canvas, currently in deep maple frame
private collection, 72 in by 36 in
Dive In, oil and acrylic on canvas, 60 x 38 in
not available
(currently unstretched) oil on canvas on acrylic on canvas collage, 48 by 42 in
not available
WORKS ON PAPER: SPATIAL INQUIRIES SERIES: SMALL
The following gallery shows available, unframed, original works on paper ranging from sizes 6 in by 6 in to 15 in by 11 in.
WORKS ON PAPER: SPATIAL INQUIRIES SERIES: MEDIUM TO LARGE
The following gallery shows available, unframed, original works on paper ranging from sizes 14 in by 17 in to 40 in by 29in.
All Chopped Up_acrylic on heavy watercolor_30.25inx22.5in
Blues_oil on paper_21.25inx30.5in
Freedom-unframed work on paper_30by22in
Going Across, 22 in by 30 in, oil on paper
Re-finding Center 2_26x20in_arches
Up the Stairs 1, 17x14in_oil and pencil on paper
Up the Stairs 2_17x14in_oil and pencil on paper
Triangular Match gouache, pencil and watercolor on paper 40 x 28.75 in
Getting Caught on the Corners, watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper, 28.75 x 40 in
Funneling out the Disbelief (The Triangle Series) oil and graphite on paper 40 x 26.25 in
Resolution with a Light Shift, gouache, pencil and watercolor on paper, 28.75 x 40 in