Lineworks

I am interested in the content that the human figure implies through the body and of the self. The body is a vessel that carries everything we are inside and out, both substantial and insubstantial. I love the anatomy of the body for both its medical and expressive qualities. As a female, I am especially involved in the implications of feminine body politic and gender equality so I often use the female figure in my work. The female figures investigate what it means to continually rewrite identity as a woman and feminine figure, especially through the changes that aging creates on the body and psyche and the implications with beauty.

The theme of this series of drawings and paintings on paper in ink called Lineworks centers on the expressive qualities of line, its ability to capture a subject quickly and its relationship with shape. Line is a fascinating and fundamental tool of drawing that can be used in so many ways and is a working horse of drawing. I am interested in the variation and sensitivity of line. Moreover, each drawing is hung on clothesline wires with clothespins to represent daily work and form a pattern of repetition much like a calendar spread out in continuity, forming other visual lines. The daily drawings form a visual diary and reinvestigate the curiosity I still carry for the human figure and the implications of using human anatomy to express any idea, particularly feminine sensibilities, which is echoed in the choice to display the work on traditional clotheslines. Instead of drying laundry, the clotheslines display drawings and the work I have chosen to do with my life instead of more traditional roles women can play.

I am continuing the exploration of anatomy and the figure in the work I create. I believe the artistic process is fueled best by continual exploration and experimentation. Such continual practice and research leads us to new paths and new ideas and is at the heart of what I do inside and out of the studio and classroom.