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"Ongoing Accommodations" is an open ended series of work which make use of symbolic imagery and fragmented settings representing a purgatory of reflection. Apprehensions and skepticisms portrayed within are countered with the use of a brightly colored cartoonish style establishing a lighthearted feel upon first glance. Further examination of the dim subject matter alludes to an underlying sense of indifference.
External Forces
11" x 14"
Screen print
External Forces (Detail)
11" x 14"
Screen print
Eternal Patrol
14" x 11"
Screen print
Swellhead
20” x 28”
Screen print
Swellhead (Detail)
20" x 28"
Screen print
Overarch
15” x 20”
Screen print
Vent
14” x 11”
Screen print
High ground
14” x 11”
Screen print
Dig
14” x 11”
Screen print
Fell Swoop
14” x 11”
Screen print
Downslope
10” x 13”
Woodcut w/ screen print color layers
Parlay
20” x 15”
Screen print w/ filler reduction
Parlay (Detail)
20” x 15”
Screen print w/ filler reduction
Turbid Tidings
20” x 15”
Screen print
Turbid Tidings (Detail)
20” x 15”
Screen print
Down to size
20” x 15”
Screen print
Down to size (Detail)
20” x 15”
Screen print
Encroaching Tide
20" x 15"
Screen print
Encroaching Tide (Detail)
20” x 15”
Screen print
Casual Conversation
10” x 14”
Screen print
Casual Conversation (Detail)
10” x 14”
Screen print
The weight of aggression
10" x 14"
Screen print
The dilemma of solitude
10" x 14"
Screen print
Prone To
14” x 18”
Screen print
Batten down (backside of “Prone To”)
14” x 18”
Screen print
Compromise
14" x 18"
Screen print
Standstill
14” x 11”
Screen print
Dilute
14” x 11”
Screen print
Water Under
14" x 11"
Screen print
Cold Shoulder
14” x 11”
Screen print
Endless Depth
18" x 14"
Screen print
Basement Romance
19" x 12.5"
Screen print
Dawn unto a midnite fancy
19" x 12.5"
Screen print
A stagnant perspective
20" x 15"
Screen print
Accommodating thoughts left to remember
18" x 14"
Screen print
Accommodating thoughts left to forget
18" x 14"
Screen print
Accommodations: A place to rest these bones
10" x 14"
Lithograph
These works were created with the screen-filler reduction method, also known as "hand reduction" or "single screen method". For those familiar with reductive wood cuts, it is similar in that instead of carving away wood from a block between each color layer you are adding screen filler to the screen. Images generally start as an open background flat or silhouette stencil exposed on a screen. After pin registration is set up, the first color layer is printed throughout the entire edition. Ink is cleaned off the screen with a sponge while it is still clamped in. Once dry, the areas which will remain the previously printed color (on paper) are blocked out (on screen) by the application of filler with a paint brush. The open area of the stencil is further reduced (filled in) after each color is printed. When done correctly all layers stack up and appear seamless because the registration is locked in throughout the reduction. This method maintains a “hand painted” quality and allows you to work with minimal exposures, emulsion coats, or use of digital equipment.
The Pits
13” x 11”
Screen filler reduction w/ additive layers
The Pits (Detail)
13” x 11”
Screen filler reduction w/ additive layers
Fuzzy Expectations
13" x 11"
Screen filler reduction w/ additive layers
Ripe for the lickin'
13" x 11"
Screen filler reduction
Little Fire “V”
9 1/2” x 7 1/2”
Screen filler reduction
Little Fire “IV”
9 1/2" x 7 1/2"
Screen filler reduction
Little Fire “III”
9" 1/2" x 7 1/2"
Screen filler reduction
Little Fire “II”
9 1/2" x 7 1/2"
Screen filler reduction
Little Fire
9 1/2" x 7 1/2"
Screen filler reduction
Crusty
13" x 11"
Screen filler reduction
Grasp
14” x 10”
Screen filler reduction w/ smoke stenciling
Sadistic Ritual
14" x 10"
Screen filler reduction w/ smoke stenciling
Snacks on… is a series of works that explores the unassuming nature of delectable treats. I am interested in the ties that snack foods have with design, packaging, printing, and commercial production. Not only that, I am poking fun at the fact that even as an adult I eat like a twelve year old. As with a bag of chips on a store shelf, these works are meant to be eye catching and play upon a childish nostalgia to trigger the craving.
Pickler
11” x 14”
Screen print
Winger
11” x 14”
Screen print
Shrimper
11” x 14”
Screen print
Pretzler
11” x 14”
Screen print
Suizo
11” x 14”
Screen print
Cone(er)
20” x 15”
Screen print
Shell(er)
20” x 15”
Screen print
Bun(er)
20” x 15”
Screen print
Roller Gourmet
11” x 14”
Screen print w/ Iowa foil printing
Cheese pump cuisine
11” x 14”
Screen print
Paper sleeve delicacy
11” x 14”
Screen print
Snacks On…
7” x 4”
Screen print w/ vinyl cut decals
Pickle-pak
5” x 3”
Screen print w/ vinyl cut decals
This body of work explores the use of sign making materials and processes with fine art applications. Printmaking, especially screen printing, has a history tethered to commercial practices and the dissemination of imagery and information through duplication, advertisement, branding, and merchandising. These images are handled and rendered in a way similar to the vectorized spot color transparencies commonly found for screen printing exposures. A vinyl cutter is used to create the images as decals that are transferred to a coroplast substrate. The particulars involved with registering and building up color layers is similar to printmaking as well. The “shark sign” series references the degradation of the environment as a result of blatant disregard resulting from capitalism as well as passive consumerism with shark finning as a primary example. I imagine that these sharks are displaced and have an option only to elude this deplorable act by inhabiting stagnant retention ponds littered with plastics and wastewater. Other images touch on the ridiculous nature of “American” fast foods. Others are just for fun.
Toxic waters
Approx. 22” x 40” x 16”
Vinyl cut decals on hand contoured coroplast
Toxic waters 2
Approx. 22” x 40” x 16” each
Vinyl cut decals on hand contoured coroplast
Toxic waters 3
Approx. 22” x 40” x 16” each
Vinyl cut decals on hand contoured coroplast
Finned “Bite Me” (Installation View)
Vinyl cut on coroplast w/steel cable
Finned “Bite Me” (3/4 view)
Vinyl cut on coroplast w/steel cable
Finned “Bite Me” (close up)
Vinyl cut on coroplast w/steel cable
Ground shark
Approx. 22” x 40” x 16”
Vinyl cut decals on hand contoured coroplast
External Forces (installation)
Approximately 16’ across
Vinyl cut on coroplast
Outflow
Approx 20” x 60”-70” each
Vinyl cut decals on hand contoured coroplast
Outflow (side view)
Approx 20” x 60”-70” each
Vinyl cut decals on hand contoured coroplast
Outflow (spew view)
Approx 20” x 60”-70” each
Vinyl cut decals on hand contoured coroplast
Night herm
23” x 32”
Vinyl cut decals on hand contoured coroplast (7-layer)