This body of work, made throughout the 2020-21 pandemic period, is a reflection of living between New York City and the Hudson Valley, working with greater proximity to nature and thinking about the conjunction & disjunction of the built environment and the natural world/landscape. Formally, this small-scale work continues to focus on the use of deep space, skewed perspective, as well as fine detail and surface ornamentation. Themes such as transparency, symmetry, interior and exterior, and the contrast of the geometric and the organic join with concerns regarding pattern, place and psyche. Color is much more prominent here than in earlier work. In some cases (such as in March and April of 2020), color was employed as an emotional directive or a kind of wish fulfillment—waiting for Spring, and attempting to gather a sense of growth and hope rather than the predominant sense of death and illness during this time.
Untitled (night forest)
2021
ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
8" x 10"
Untitled (Peche leaves)
2021
ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
8" x 10"
Melancholy Tulip
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
8" x 10"
Harlequin/Ferns
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, acrylic, pencil and collage on paper
8" x 10"
Untitled (tulip)
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, pencil and collage on paper
8" x 10"
Forest/Foliage
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache and collage on paper
14" x 11"
Untitled (vine)
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
8" x 10"
Card Game
2021
ink, watercolor, gouache, pencil and collage on paper
8" x 10"
Untitled (pink landscape)
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
8" x 10"
Untitled (black and white)
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, acrylic, pencil, and collage on paper
8" x 10"
Arrangement
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and collage on paper
8" x 10"
Daffodil Grid
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
8" x 8"
Arrangement with Lilacs
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, acrylic, and collage on paper
10" x 8"
Untitled (branch/flower)
2020
ink, watercolor, and collage on paper
10" x 8"
Untitled (black lilies)
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
8" x 10"
Untitled (Ikebana)
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
9.75" x 7.75"
Untitled (with Lilly of the Valley)
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
10" x 8"
Untitled (yellow/ferns)
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
8" x 8"
Untitled (portals with hosta)
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
10" x 8"
Untitled (arrangement with wallpaper)
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, pencil, and collage on paper
10" x 8"
Tumbling Branches
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, pencil, and collage on paper
10" x 8"
Spring Ikebana
2020
ink, watercolor, gouache, and collage on paper
10" x 8"