(w)Holes
(w)Holes
My current body of work evolves from an exploration of personal, collective and empathetic anxieties.
The w(H)ole is an image I began to draw in the summer of 2016 and has since been a recurring image. In contrast to the specimen drawings I make, which suggest botanical-human hybrid systems, the w(H)oles are structurally simple forms that reference the specimen’s cellular make-up. They recall many archetypal and ubiquitous orifices in the human body and other forms in nature, the relationship between the individual and the collective, and the physical form of an exhale.
The w(H)oles are a witness to time passing, memories collecting, regrets emerging and my own resilience in the context of this accumulation. They reflect the paradoxical notion that life can embody transformation and continuation, despite loss and remorse. That entities can thrive, embodying vital moments and growth despite inevitable toxic build-up from our pasts and global realities, situates these forms. We are all empty and full; negotiating impact and adaptation as living bodies inhabiting all the spaces that lie within.
Images From:
Tendere wHoles
William Bizzard Gallery, Springfield College, MA, 2019
DRAWN wHOLE, Real Art Ways, Hartford CT, 2018-2019
524 w(H)oles
Berkshire Art Museum, North Adams MA
original drawings in pen, inks, acrylic on Yupo, 2018
Entropies
MAP Space, Easthampton, MA 2018
