Bowshot: I will come for you if you just stay where you are When my wife and I were trying to start a family we had a series of miscarriages including something called a tetraploidy. This is where an embryo has double the amount of chromosomes needed. My wife’s body was trying to keep something …
Glass Bottom Banjo: This banjo began as all good things do… as an idea that you can’t let go of. It was (and still is) an experiment. I didn’t know that some banjo heads are clear. As soon as I saw one I knew I had to print something in the back of it. A …
I was recently selected to participate in the Lexington Art Leagues CSArt program. The print seen above “I once was over the water, now I lay my brother down.” was my contribution. The program works much like community supported agriculture where people purchases shares and receive crates with works from 9 local artists. The only …
I and Them is a series of prints inspired by portraits from the civil war. They use a combination of solvent transfer and hand printed relief woodblocks. They are 9inches in diameter. The first 5 in the series are shown
“It is a good gift” / Mokulito, screen printing, solvent transfer, and pear wood / 6 in x 8 in / 2013 This print was done for an exchange portfolio. Fun to work at such a different scale for a change.
The Atom by Atom series was inspired by the reading of two books. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson and How (Not) to Speak of God by Peter Rollins. One is a work based in the scientific explanation of life while the other is a theological discussion of relational experience. Bryson begins with a statement that …
“A Chair in Tables Clothing” / Multilayer solvent transfer prints, cast plaster, and Lithographic printing on quilting pins and plaster / 2013 This installation was part of an on going collaboration with poet Emma Bolden. Much like a conversation, we have been trading images and words back and forth. The work was installed in the …
“You were within me, but I wasn’t You”/Solvent transfer, lithography, and laser engraved paper/15 in x 11 in/ 2012 This print was made for the 2012 Mid America Printmaking Exchange Portfolio.
“I’ll tie your love around my neck” / Various wood species and Lithography / 26 in x 62 in x 3 in / 2012 A variety of woods were used to make this work including mahogany, lemon fig, dyed birds eye maple, and bubinga. The prints on the panel can only be seen from below …
