Posts Tagged “painting”
Morphing from a painter to a sculptor went in several directions in this period. I drew from a hodge-podge of interests that I found editing down into coherent subject matter a challenge. I kept sketchbooks and did drawings based on these, and created work that referenced two-dimensional representation. I became interested in creating a world…
In 1992, after a few years at community college trying to find my footing, I was encouraged to transfer to CCAC (now renamed to CCA) in Oakland by my life drawing teacher, Mark Eanes. I was reluctant to leave College of San Mateo, which was a genuine community with many great students and teachers (and…
Graduate school brought some changes in my work. Viola urged me to push my work up in scale, from smaller drawings and objects to large paintings and objects. In order to go larger, I needed to simplify my imagery. Instead of working with a sense of accumulation from time and accretion, I tried to bring…
In 2002 I was in a juried award show at the Richmond Art Center, where I got to show pieces I had been working on since graduating college in 1997. I wish so much that I’d been able to afford professional photography for this show. It’s one of my biggest regrets, but it was twilight…