Trees, Wires, Hands

- 138 Drawings -

On view at this years Open Studios. May 6, 6-8 pm, 7th floor on 22nd st & 2nd ave 

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Archive of a Symphony

My last semester at SVA is nearing the end and I am now in the process of finishing up last projects and preparing for open studios. My large body of work Trees that look like wires that look like hands will be up in my studio, consisting of 138 drawings, along side with a number of prints and small paintings. 

The original presentation of my drawing series could not come to fruition due to space issues, so I got to thinking on how I could make a record of the work as a whole. A stand in for what the work meant to me and how important it was for me to have it all together. I have been thinking about sculpture more and more over the last few months, and with this being my first real attempt at anything of the sort, I am excited to explore the new possibilities that it could produce along side as to how it could further my painting practice.  

Movements

I've made a large number of works for this new body of work. And finally getting a chance to see it all at once has allowed me make certain decisions that I was unable to make up to this point; in terms of ordering, arrangement and what comes next. I also realized that I am able to edit out a large number of drawings, kind of bringing the overall piece to its essentials. 

Here are two of the movements in the piece as they stand right now. 

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44 drawings

Still in process of making more drawings, here are some better photos of some of the new works. Began making some paintings that I think will change how I go about these smaller works as well as how they will be arranged in a space. 153 drawings into this new process. 

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