Studies
The techniques of Chinese calligraphy and Chinese scroll-mounting, print-making and etching all inform my artistic process: continually working towards a layered image, I use both sides of the paper, allowing each side to dry against a wall. This not only gives the front residual color from the back side of the paper, but the final image has a randomness otherwise absent.
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The process to create the Hidden Meanings installation began with paintings which explored the landscape of my own body. This was a progression from my previous works which used Sung and Yuan Dynasty fan-shaped landscape paintings as their departure point. I turned to the Chinese fan format as a departure point for my own internal exploration in that the semi-round shape of the fan constantly brings the viewer back into the center of it's orbit-a contained world or an eye. The early Chinese ink on silk fans are no more than 10" in diameter, however, in pursuing my idea I enlarged the scale to 42" in diameter to provide more surface area in which to layer acrylic paint on a hemp paper. Tape line is juxtaposed with brush line.