Images from a two-person exhibition at state (Summer 2016) that centered around the sustained investigation of material, and how different materials interact with space, light, and time.
Scintillating Scotoma 2
screen, borax, thread, acrylic, hardware, 22 x 55 x 4 inches, 2016
Scintillating Scotoma 1
fabric, borax, thread, acrylic, hardware, 27 x 55 x 3 inches, 2016
Scintillating Scotoma 3
fabric, borax, thread, acrylic, hardware, 27 x 55 x 3 inches, 2016
Scintillating Scotoma 3 detail
Fortification Spectrum
screen, borax, 6 x 6 x14 inches, 2016
Shimmering Arcs
screen, borax, 9x 6 x 6.5 inches, 2016
Razzle Dazzle
screen, borax, 6 x 7 x 10 inches, 2016
Moire Mountain
screen, borax, 18 x 10 x 17 inches, 2016
"The rapid gyration of small waterbeetles as they are seen swarming in a cluster on the surface of the water in the sunshine"
resin, screen, iridescent film, 22 x 13.5 x 1.75 inches, 2016
Backside of "The rapid gyration of small waterbeetles as they are seen swarming in a cluster on the surface of the water in the sunshine" (title taken from a description of scintillating scotoma in Oliver Sacks' book, Migraine)
front detail
Chromatic Edgings
resin, screen, iridescent film, 17 x 15 x 1.5 inches, 2016
Chromatic Edgings backside
back detail
Luminous Scotoma Trail
resin, screen, iridescent film, 16 x 13 x 1.75 inches, 2016
Luminous Scotoma Trail backside
detail
Crystallized Books
Foundations of Graphic Design
book, borax, 3.5 x 9 x 10 inches, 2016
Razzle Dazzle and Crystallized Books
National Geographic Magazine
book, borax, 8 x 8.5 x 8.5 inches, 2014
Professional ASP.NET 3.5 Security, Membership, and Role Management with C# and VB
book, borax, 15 x 9.5 x 11 inches, 2015
Other Recent Work
Textured concentricretion with red and blue
concrete, hydrocal, pigment, spray paint, d-hook, 12 x 11.25 x 2 inches, 2016
The blue color falls aways and the center appears mostly red when viewed from the right side
detail when viewed from the left side
Textured concentricretion with blue and yellow
concrete, hydrocal, pigment, spray paint, d-hook, 12 x 11.75 x 2 inches, 2016
Sapphire Pool Concentricretion
concrete, resin, dye, d-hook, 13.5 x 14 x 2.2.5 inches, 2016
Grand Prismatic Spring Installation (vertical grid)
Grand Prismatic Spring 2
concrete, hydrocal, resin, spray paint, d-hook, 11.5 x 11.5 x 2.25 inches, 2016
Grand Prismatic Spring Concentricretion 1
concrete, hydrocal, spray paint, d-hook. 13.75 x 14.75 x 2.5 inches, 2016
Grand Prismatic Spring 3
concrete, hydrocal, spray paint, d-hook, 14.5 x 13 x 2 inches, 2016
Grand Prismatic Spring 4
concrete, hydrocal, spray paint, d-hook, 12 5/8 x 11 7/8 x 2 1/4 inches, 2016
Grand Prismatic Spring Concentricretion 5
concrete, hydrocal, resin, spray paint, d-hook, 13.25 x 13.25 x 2.5 inches, 2016
Grand Prismatic Spring 6
concrete, hydrocal, spray paint, d-hook, 11.5 x 11.5 x 2.25 inches, 2016
Concentricretion Installation for The Alchemist at Root Division, April 2016
Metallic Concentricretions
concrete, foam, 24K gold leaf, silver leaf, spray paint, d-hooks, 50 x 13 x 2.5 inches, 2015
Blister Pack Masks
concrete, dye, d-hooks, 74 x 40 inches, 2015
Clown Mask
concrete, dye, d-hooks, 8 x 8 x 2.5 inches, 2015
Space Invaders Mask
Lil' Lumpus
concrete, found stroller, 24 x 11 x 18 inches, 2014
Lobster (from blister pack series)
concrete, dye, d-hook, 10 x 4.5 x 2.75 inches, 2014
Table for Four
concrete, antique wood table, 36 x 58 x 30, 2010
Light/Weight
Solo exhibition exploring optics, visual perception, color, weight, and material at En Em Art Space in Sacramento, CA, Summer 2015
Concentricretions
concrete, plaster, foam, spray paint, dye, 2015
concrete, plaster, foam, spray paint, dye, 10.5 x 11.5 x 2.5 inches, 2015
concrete, spray paint, optical glass, 6 x 6 x 8 inches, 2015
Deep Space Little Universe
Shift Shaft
holographic vinyl, found object, cinder block, 54 x 8 x 8 inches, 2015
the colors change with the light and viewing angle
Cone Cells (in Yellow)
concrete, resin, paint, wood, 18 x 18 x 9 inches, 2015
detail
Cone Cells (Pink, Green, and Yellow)
concrete, resin, paint, wood, 18 x 18 x 9 inches, 2015
detail
Wet Cone Cells
holographic vinyl, resin, found object, 12 x 12 x 4 inches, 2015
Rods and Cones: Mountain Sunrise
acrylic rods, holographic vinyl, frame, 12 x 12 x 1.5 inches, 2015
Rods and Cones: Mountain Sunrise - colors changes with the light
Rods and Mountains: Helix
acrylic rods, holographic vinyl, iridescent tubing, frame, 12 x 12 x 1.5 inches, 2015
same piece pictured above viewed from a different angle
Still life with Optics
mixed media, diffraction grating, LEDs, 38 x 6 x 6 inches, 2015
Still Life with Optics detail, resin and diffraction grating
Arch
driftwood, prismatic automotive paint, marble, acrylic, 24 x 20 x 6 inches, 2015
Motley
concrete, wood, prismatic automotive paint, acrylic rod, 12 x 6 x 9 inches, 2014
Prismatic Concretion
concrete, paint, wood, 18 x 18 x 12 inches, 2015
Betta
driftwood, prismatic automotive paint, marble, plastic, 16 x 8 x 19 inches, 2014
prismatic automotive paint detail
Orange Little Universe
concrete, spray paint, optical glass, 9 x 9.5 x 10 inches
orange little universe from above
detail
Little Universes (Yellow and Green)
concrete, glass, spray paint, 2015
Yellow Little Universe
detail of Green Little Universe
detail of Red Little Universe
Rods and Cones: Mountain Sunset
acrylic rods, holographic vinyl, frame, 12 x 12 x 1.5 inches, 2015
Rods and Cones: TriAngles
acrylic rods, holographic vinyl, frame, 12 x 12 x 1.5 inches, 2015
Rods and Cones: Angles
acrylic rods, holographic vinyl, frame, 12 x 12 x 1.5 inches, 2015
different colors under different light (same piece picture above)
Rod Cell
concrete, spray paint, 30 x 3 x 2.5 inches, 2015
Cone Cells in Multicolor
concrete, resin, paint, wood, 18 x 18 x 11 inches, 2015
detail
Cabochons
acrylic, holographic vinyl, frame, 8" x 8" x 1.25", 2014
same piece as above at a different time of day
Crystallized Books
The Crystallized Book Series addresses the materiality versus the text or content of a book. The crystals remove the text and solidify the books into aesthetic, non-functional objects. The books, frozen with crystal growth, have become artifacts or geologic specimens imbued with the history of time, use, and memory.
In the Shade of Vines
book, borax, 19.5 x 4 x 12 inches, 2016
side view, In the Shade of Vines
Mastering the Art of Bee Keeping Vol. 2
13 x 7 x 9 inches, 2016
The Vintner’s Art: How Great Wines Are Made
14 x 10 x 11 inches, 2016
The Science of Wine: From Vine to Glass
10.5 x 9 x 11 inches, 2016
Martha Stewart Living in Braille
14 x 11 x 6.5 inches, 2016
The Complete Book of Crochet
10 x 7 x 9.75 inches, 2016
The Beekeeper's Bible
19 x 12 x 6 inches, 2016
of Bees and Mist
11 x 8 x 9 inches, 2016
Stich’n’Bitch: The Happy Hooker
13 x 10 x 3.5 inches, 2016
Beekeeping: The Gentle Craft
9 x 6 x 8.75 inches, 2016
To Taste the Wine
8 x 7 x 6.5 inches, 2016,
Napa Valley: The Land, The Wine, The People
19 x 13 x 12 inches, 2016
cover, The Art and Adventure of Beekeeping
The Art and Adventure of Beekeeping
12 x 10 x 8.5 inches, 2016
Hugh Johnson’s Story of Wine
10.5 x 9 x 10.75 inches, 2016
The Art and Science of Java Script
14 x 13 x 10 inches, 2015
A Brief History of Time
10.5 x 7 x 9 inches, 2015
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
12 x 8.5 x 3 inches, 2015
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
8 x 9 x 6 inches, 2015
Brave New World
8 x 8 x 7 inches, 2015
McSweeny's 39
13 x 8 x 8 inches, 2015
DNS for Microsoft Servers 2003
9.5 x 8.5 x 9 inches, 2015
Moby Dick
8 x 7.5 x 6, 2015
The Fountainhead
12 x 7.5 x 10 inches, 2015
Unix in a Nutshell
11 x 9 x 8 inches, 201
The Secret of the Old Clock and The Hidden Staircase
10 x 6 x 8 inches, 2015
The Great Controversy
9 x 8 x 4 inches, 2015
Christ Was an Ad Man
7 x 7.5 x 10 inches, 2014
The World Without Us
8 x 8 x 8 inches, 2014
2014 San Francisco Phone Book
11 x 10 x 10 inches, 2014
010101 Art in Technological Times
9 x 8 x 5.5 inches, 2014
Touching Time And Space: A Portrait Of David Ireland
book, Borax crystals, 10.75 x 10 x 8 inches, 2014
A History of Art
book, Borax crystals, 10 x 8.5 x 9.75 inches, 2014
Paper – Art & Technology (the history and methods of fine papermaking with a gallery of contemporary paper art)
book, Borax crystals, 15.5" x 9" x 4.75”, 2014
in the collection of SFMOMA Library
Robert Smithson – The Collected Writings
book, Borax crystals, 10” x 8” x 9”, 2014
in the collection of SFMOMA Library
Sculpture with Simple Materials
boo, Borax crystals, 10.75 x 10 x 10.75 inches, 2014
The Autobiography of Benevuto Cellini
book, Borax Crystals, 11 x 8 x 10.5 inches, 2014
All's Well That Ends Well
book, Borax crystals, 8.5 x 7.25 x 5 inches, 2014
To Kill A Mockingbird
book, Borax crystals, 8 x 6.5 x 5.5 inches, 2014
Rolling Stone in Braille
book, Borax crystals, 9.5 x 11 x 11 inches, 2014
The Holy Bible
book, Borax crystals, 8 x 8 x 7.5 inches, 2014
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn detail
7.5 x 9 x 4 inches, 2014
Linux: The Complete Manual
book, Borax crystals, 15" x 9.75" x 12”, 2013
San Francisco Phone Book
phone book, Borax crystals, 10.5” x 10” x 10”, 2013
National Geographic Magazines(Roundabout)
magazines, Borax crystals, 10.25 x 6.75 x 7.5 inches, 2013
Best In Children’s Books
book, Borax crystals, 10 x 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 2013
Bennet Cerf’s Animal Riddles
book, Borax crystals, 9.5 x 9 x 3.75 inches, 2013
The Art of Peace
4 x 3.5 x 4 inches, 2013
The Whales Go By
14 x 12 x 7 inches, 2013
The Little Prince
9 x 7 x 4 inches, 2013
Hop on Pop detail
This Is Water
David Foster Wallace's 2005 Commencement Speech for Kenyon College
book, Borax crystals, 7” x 8” x 6”, 2013
Alchemist's Handbook
5 x 10.5 x 9 inches, 2013
Classics to Grow on: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
in the collection of the University of Pittsburgh Library
Dictionary
14 x 12 x 10, inches, 2012
The Crystal World
2012
Flood
World Book Encyclopedia Set 1950 -1987, Borax crystals, shelves, 6’ x 4’ x 3’, 2012
World Book Encyclopedia 1978 Yearbook
book, Borax crystals, 12” x 11” x 11”, 2012
The Catcher in the Rye
book, Borax crystals, 7” x 5” x 3”, 2011
San Francisco Magazine
magazine, Borax crystals, 11” x 6.5” x 5”, 2011
Snow
13.5 x 9.5 x 3 inches, 2011
Cookbook
9 x 6 x 6.5 inches, 2011
Post Mortem
7 x 9 x 5 inches, 2011
Concretions
Concretion with Gold Stalagmites
concrete, 24K gold leaf, walnut, 16 x 7 x 10 inches, 2015
Large Concretion Cluster
concrete, 24K gold leaf, walnut, 18 x 16 x 13 inches, 2014
Concretos
concrete, spray paint, wood, 12 x 4 x 10 inches, 2014
Concretion Canyon
concrete, 24K gold leaf, poplar, 16.75 x 9.5 x 10 inches, 2014
Dress for fat little toad (Concretion with crater)
concrete, 24K gold leaf, 7 x 6 x 4.75 inches, 2014
Concretion with gold leaf bug holes 7
concrete, 24K gold leaf, 10 x 3 x 5.5 inches, 2014
Small concretion with cleave
concrete, dye, 24K gold leaf, 5 x 2.5 x 2.75 inches, 2014
Concretion with Gold Tip
concrete, dye, 24K gold leaf, marble, 6.5 x 6.5 x 6 inches, 2015
Concretion with drips
concrete, dye, paint, wood, 8.75 x 5.25 x 7 inches, 2014
Concretion with Upward Drips
concrete, paint, tile, 8 x 9 x 8 inches, 2014
Connected Concretion Cluster
concrete, 10 x 8 x 6 inches, 2014
Concretion with seams
concrete, spray paint, 8 x 4 x 4 inches, 2013
Concretion with cleave 2
concrete, dye, 24K gold leaf, 6 x 4.5 x 4.2 inches, 2014
Concretion with cleave 2
Material Lust Concretions
concrete, spray paint, 2014
Material Lust Concretion with gold leaf
concrete, 24K gold leaf, 7 x 6.5 x 7, 2014
Concretion with gold leaf bug holes 9
concrete, dye, 24K gold leaf, 6 x 2.5 x 3.75 inches, 2013
Whale (Concretion with black and gold)
concrete, dye, spray paint, 10 x 4.5 x 4 inches, 2013
Concretion with crest
Concretion with gold leaf bug holes 3
concrete, 24k gold leaf, 6 x 4.5 x 6.75 inches, 2013
Concretion with gold leaf bug holes 4
concrete, 24K gold leaf, 7 x 6 x 8 inches, 2013
Concretion with cleave 4
concrete, dye, 24K gold leaf, 6.5 x 3 x 4.5 inches, 2014
Concretion with cleave 3
concrete, dye, 24K gold leaf, 6 x 3 x 5.5 inches, 2014
Sheep
concrete, 5 x 4 x 3 inches, 2013
Seal
concrete, 8 x 4 x 7 inches, 2013
Poodle
concrete, 6.25 x 3 x 4, 2013
Crystallized objects and installations
Century Egg
eggshell, borax, found rock, 5 x 2.5 x 2 inches, 2016
Salt Egg
Salt Egg, eggshell, borax, glass stand, 2.5 x 2 x 3.5 inches, 2016
Salt Bee
found dead bee, borax, found Icelandic rock with chalcedony, 4 x 3 x 3 inches, 2016
Flood
World Book Encyclopedia Set 1950 -1987, Borax crystals, shelves, 6’ x 4’ x 3’, 2012
Crystal Ring
copper scourer, Borax crystals, 9" x 9" x 4", 2014
Crystal Knot
sisal rope, Borax crystals, 9" x 5" x 3", 2014
Crystal Boat
steel wool, Borax crystals, 9 x 6 x 5 inches, 2014
Crystal Cactus
peruvianus cactus in soil, terra cotta pot, Borax crystals, 27" x 9" x 12", 2012
Corduroy Bear
stuffed Corduroy Bear, Borax crystals, 9" x 8" x 6", 2012
The Crystal Bike Blanket
Part of San Francisco Arts Commission's Art in Storefronts Project, used bicycle wheels, Borax crystals, gold-painted u-locks, 20 x 15 x 10 feet, 2011,
Crabelier
crab and muscle shells, Borax crystals, 7 x 2 x 2 feet, 2011
Bundt Pan Geodes
bundt pans, Borax crystals, dye, 2011
Crystal Chandelier II
antique kitchen objects, Borax crystals, twine, chain, installed at Café Sophie, San Francisco, CA, 2011
Crystal Rat Skull
skull, plaque, Borax crystals, 5 x 3 x 2.5 inches, 2012
Two Dimensional Work
Three Basalt Columns
monotype, 8 x 10 inches, 2015
Two Basalt Columns
monotype, 8 x 10 inches, 2015
Basalt Columns
monotype, 8 x 10 inches, 2015
Lechuguilla Columns (dark gray)
letterpress, 9 x 12 inches, edition of 10, 2013
40 Mules
c-print on aluminum, 34 x 26 inches, 2013
The Art of Food Processor Cooking
hand embroidery on cotton, 14” x 30”, 2014
Archive
New World Pig
peccary jaw, spray paint, found object, 12 x 3 inches, 2013
Concrete bar with diagonals
concrete, 24K gold leaf, 24 x 3 x 1.5 inches, 2013
detail
Concrete bar with veins
concrete, 24K gold leaf, 24 x 3 x 1.5 inches, 2013
Concrete bar with bands
concrete, spray paint, 24 x 3 x 1.25 inches, 2013
Boxed
box, concrete, atomized steel, 9 x 5 x 3.5 inches, 2010
Place Settings
concrete, Epsom salt, rust, each 15 x 20 inches, 2010
Displaced Setting
concrete, rust, 15 x 20, 2010
Crystal Chandelier I
antique kitchen objects, Borax crystals, twine, chain, installed at Café Sophie, San Francisco, CA, 2011
