Composed of wax, aqueduct dirt and clay on paper, works in Lakes contrast geological and human timescales. Beginning with a Suminagashi marbling technique, paper is then hand coated with multiple layers of wax and dusted with dirt from multiple California aqueducts. The waxy terrain is then carved with the forms of infrastructural water systems and “painted” with various California clays. The resulting works grapple with scale by presenting a layered simulacrum of time, space and impact. Each work is named for a lake that appears natural, yet is actually a human-created water storage facility tied to the infrastructural diversion of water.

Soot, glue, water, wind, aqueduct dirt,
California clay on paper
25" x 46" (approx)
2024

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Composed of wax, aqueduct dirt and clay on paper, works in Lakes contrast geological and human timescales. Beginning with a Suminagashi marbling technique, paper is then hand coated with multiple layers of wax and dusted with dirt from multiple California aqueducts. The waxy terrain is then carved with the forms of infrastructural water systems and “painted” with various California clays. The resulting works grapple with scale by presenting a layered simulacrum of time, space and impact. Each work is named for a lake that appears natural, yet is actually a human-created water storage facility tied to the infrastructural diversion of water.

Soot, glue, water, wind, aqueduct dirt,
California clay on paper
25" x 46" (approx)
2024

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Composed of wax, aqueduct dirt and clay on paper, works in Lakes contrast geological and human timescales. Beginning with a Suminagashi marbling technique, paper is then hand coated with multiple layers of wax and dusted with dirt from multiple California aqueducts. The waxy terrain is then carved with the forms of infrastructural water systems and “painted” with various California clays. The resulting works grapple with scale by presenting a layered simulacrum of time, space and impact. Each work is named for a lake that appears natural, yet is actually a human-created water storage facility tied to the infrastructural diversion of water.

Soot, glue, water, wind, aqueduct dirt,
California clay on paper
25" x 46" (approx)
2024

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Composed of wax, aqueduct dirt and clay on paper, works in Lakes contrast geological and human timescales. Beginning with a Suminagashi marbling technique, paper is then hand coated with multiple layers of wax and dusted with dirt from multiple California aqueducts. The waxy terrain is then carved with the forms of infrastructural water systems and “painted” with various California clays. The resulting works grapple with scale by presenting a layered simulacrum of time, space and impact. Each work is named for a lake that appears natural, yet is actually a human-created water storage facility tied to the infrastructural diversion of water.

Soot, glue, water, wind, aqueduct dirt,
California clay on paper
25" x 46" (approx)
2024

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Composed of wax, aqueduct dirt and clay on paper, works in Lakes contrast geological and human timescales. Beginning with a Suminagashi marbling technique, paper is then hand coated with multiple layers of wax and dusted with dirt from multiple California aqueducts. The waxy terrain is then carved with the forms of infrastructural water systems and “painted” with various California clays. The resulting works grapple with scale by presenting a layered simulacrum of time, space and impact. Each work is named for a lake that appears natural, yet is actually a human-created water storage facility tied to the infrastructural diversion of water.

Soot, glue, water, wind, aqueduct dirt,
California clay on paper
25" x 46" (approx)
2024

Click on images below to view full screen.