I’m interested in calling attention to the ubiquitous, but often overlooked spaces between things as well as the shadows cast by them. This interest developed from years of observational drawing, both that of my own and of the students that I teach. Rendering is a skill which requires close examination of the relationships between objects and space. Negative spaces and cast shadows might be considered empty or as an absence, but I perceive them as full and rich with nuance. Coupled with my drawing interest, I’m compelled to make objects. The quotidian forms of chairs and domestic furniture serve as my building materials.  The chair can be seen as a locator in space, as a symbol of both presence and absence, and as mini architecture. Illusionary shadows made in graphite and chalk play against those that are real, and the shapes of negative spaces are mimicked from the sculptural forms in my installation drawings, creating a visual conundrum. What’s missing, obscured, or lost is as critical to the work, if not more so, than that which is tangibly present. 

Oracle is a temporary site-specific installation.  The formal lines of the surrounding architecture and plaza can be found in the wood sculptural forms built in the center of the Kiosk space.  These forms are derived from reconfigured wood chairs.  An adjacent chalk and pastel drawing replicates the cast shadows and negative spaces created by these forms. Deciphering between what is real and what is illusionary becomes a visual game for the viewer.