About my Work

My work is situated around the visual phenomena of patterning and mark-making fused with the use of pre- and post-consumer manufactured materials. Through rhythm and repetition I create installations, objects, and works on paper. Running through my work is a genuine interest in the inherent qualities of a material and the extent to which I can exploit it for making art. Rather than relying on intuitive approaches to art making, I have a set of systems I apply to the materials at hand. These systems include, but are not limited to: weaving, welding, stacking, arranging, mold making, and creating compositional elements.

For The Goldsworthy of the coffee shop project I assume the role of a British artist who gathers materials in his natural environment and uses them to execute a site-specific installation. In my version the natural environment is the coffee shop, and my materials are the to-go coffee cup and all it’s accoutrements. The resulting work is both ironic and labor intensive with a traditional craft based sensibility. In this ongoing series of work, I continue to explore my sense that the coffee shop and related consumer environs are more organic and nurturing than the “real” natural environment. To date the project has been realized in several locations as site-responsive installations. In 2009 the project was expanded into an itinerant artist project. Traveling to several locations in succession for the Have Sticks Will Travel World Tour, I will be creating multiple installations entirely in situ during the course of 8-10 day residencies in each location.