I’m pleased to present Paint Piles, a solo exhibition of new work now on view at River House Arts in downtown Toledo, OH. This body of work is comprised of paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptural work created in late 2020 and early 2021. As a dear friend noted, the work has a “hard won” feeling to it. And isn’t this the truth. It’s been a heck of a year and this work is the result of several months in the studio during a time of isolation and general strangeness. As I wrote in an instagram announcement:
“In these various formats, the works represent a pile up: of material on a surface and—now I see it—the emotional burdens of the past year. Accumulations of worry and heaviness have hung in my thoughts and processes and have resulted in heavily textured surfaces, imagery resembling heaps or bundles, and nonstop repetition….it’s still very bright and cheery, it might just feel like the big hug we all need so much right now.”
Paint Piles is on view through March 27, 2021.
