Through a combination of memorization and a limiting process-based approach, I go in search of the quality of the object. Challenging myself to explore the same object by drawing it over and over again I begin to understand its essence.
in 2014 I created several hundred drawings of a face.
I really liked the drawings, but they didn’t have any presence they were the wrong size and not the right quality of material.
Challenging myself to explore the same object by drawing it over and over again I begin to understand its essence.
During the process of exploration, it’s the materials that guide and limiting my work.
I find that each image demands to be a certain size, to have the right presence.
Once I find the right scale, and medium, it’s all about how to make it happen. Materials, technical constraints, budget.
Mock-up of the piece on my studio wall, to determine size, and composition.
We had a 3-hour window to install the piece. It was going on an old brick wall, so I had to figure out a system that would not use nails. Each piece was numbered and had an assigned place.