The Process, Progression series grew from that exploratory mindset. Embracing the natural mess and variability of material, along with my own technical limitations, has allowed me to really enjoy the process and the results of my experiments. And I’ve found a meaning inside the works here… to me they are about memory.
I’ve thought a lot about memory and time lately; aging and growth and change and decay. And to me, the Process, Progression series offers an expression of how memory is captured, how each memory affects the interpretation of the next memories and the ones before it. In these screenpaintings, the screen imprints details of previous printings, inks, squeegee strokes, stencils. By using a static tool in place of a paintbrush, the memory of previous work literally imprints itself into the newer ones, whether it was from minutes ago or months and years. The screen remembers.
These are abstract works. However, the seeds of ideas imprint themselves regardless. I’m never aiming to duplicate a flock of birds or petals or insects. But I think the feeling of these things and their place in space can be transferred by thinking about the feeling they evoke, while working on a piece. Swarm is not bugs. But it’s the feeling of buzzing insects and scratchy grass on a humid summer day. Maybe
the Flock pieces feel the way that birds in beautiful skies feel to us. And maybe that’s how memory works, more than any perfectly captured reproduction.
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