The Offering, The Slide Room Gallery, March 26th-April 17th, 2023

This exhibition was a visual diary linking finished and unfinished paintings with a collection of earlier drawings; lithographic monoprints made from the surfaces of paintings provided a third index for the presence of time in images and materials.

Ocean, they never were, 2002-2023, oil, acrylic, acrylic spray enamel, beeswax, charcoal, and chalk on collage on canvas and cheesecloth with wooden stretcher frame, silk necktie, metal wire, scraps of denim, nylon, tulle dress and sequined fabric, nylon tarpaulin, leather gloves, nylon reflective fabric tape, cotton oxford cloth shirt, and U.S. Army polar fleece blanket; mounted with paper and tape collage and straight pins, approx. 65 cm x 50 cm x 14 cm

[detail of Ocean, they never were, 2002-2023]

Palm II, 2023, acrylic spray enamel on notebook cover [approx. 12 cm x 8 cm]

An Altar in someone’s air, 2012-2023. Oil, acrylic, acrylic spray enamel, beeswax, charcoal, and chalk on collage on canvas and paper mâché with wooden stretcher frame, wool herringbone jacket with acetate lining, found wood, silk necktie, cotton pajamas, chicken wire, scraps of cotton dress, transparent vinyl, nylon tarpaulin, cotton oxford cloth shirt, and U.S. Army polar fleece blanket; mounted with paper and tape collage and straight pins. Approx. 81 cm x 53 cm x 17 cm

Acts of devotion and concealment, 2015, collage with French curve [approx 34 x 24 cm]

Untitled (the field gathered up), 2023, lithographic monoprint on found gathered cotton tunic approx 29 cm x 25 cm

Two palms [with Mia Luna], 2016, paper collage with pen, tape and wax crayon  [approx. 42 x 24 cm]

Teaching Space: Art Now: Storytelling and Abstraction (Vancouver Island School of Art, July 4th – August 8th, 6-9 PM)

Course Description

Draft Course Outline (ongoing)

[These topics and their order are subject to some adjustment as the course – including student participation and feedback – develops. Changes will be made directly to this document]

Lecture 1 (July 4): “Vanitas: Narratives of Desire”

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Lecture 2 (July 11): “(Im)material Presence”

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Lecture 3 (July 18): Colour: Centering and Decentering”

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Lecture 4 (July 25): “Appropriation and Transformation”

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Lecture 5 (August 1): “Precarious Ceremony: Life, Death, and Art-Historical Memory”

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Lecture 6 (August 8): “ Recap Discussion: Questions and Observations

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Chicago Drawings, July 2022

Chicago (Grove), 22. Ink, charcoal, beeswax, pencil, coffee, papers. Approx. 11″ x 9″

Chicago (Fountain), 2022. Ink, charcoal, foil, beeswax, pencil, coffee, papers. Approx. 11″ x 9″

Chicago (Tomb), 2022. Ink, charcoal, foil, beeswax, pencil, coffee, papers. Approx. 11″ x 9″

Chicago (Bridge), 2022. Ink, charcoal, tape, beeswax, pencil, coffee, papers. Approx. 25″ x 22″

Resources from Whitney II, Lecture 3: Community and Strategy

Seminar Activity Outline (for Week 6 class):https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gbqxI56PQnGtwIHqVk2FTRW4NL5ThaEA_q2KImS9SQc/edit?usp=sharing

Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cvfYLXDZU1dlHeSwepKt8BqEzZY1bdInjErUY-vPIcs/edit?usp=sharing

Lecture Draft Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wCenqrInl8n-zmNU032fa068EzBKqrd-pyjM7WO9SWs/edit?usp=sharing

Lecture Recording available by request

Resources from Whitney Lectures Pt. II: Lecture 1

Images: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1APfd4IwCrD5yaO4CVyh_PdsJDMg7eA0egdf77xMG5b8/edit?usp=sharing

Draft Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P61ytEUO4hUsKop34akH2YoKgXOzEYYyB5-T6Op7Tjo/edit?usp=sharing

Outline of course (in progress!): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AJnwMIymjm056IlbCnTv68–YsslR7OvlERX9e2PkiI/edit?usp=sharing

Lecture Recording (MP4) available by request