Binoculars are a persistent symbol in my work. The image seen from both sides of the lens, blurs the boundaries between watcher and watched. Begun in 2021, the Watching series uses the utilitarian texture of stenciled wood grain. This imagery serves as camouflage and netting, weaving a metaphorical web around the elusive nature of perception in this digital age. The work is made with acrylic, oil on linen, wood panel and Arches paper and ranges in size from 48 to 14 in.
Watching
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #1, 2023-25, Acrylic on wood panel, 44 x 48 in
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #2, 2023, Acrylic on panel, 30 x 48 in
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #3, 2024, Acrylic on panel, 30 x 48 in
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #4, 2022, Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches, 26 x 40 in
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #5, 2024, Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches, 22 x 30 in
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #6, 2025, Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #7, 2025, Oil, pencil on Linen,16 x 20 in
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #8, 2025, Acrylic on Arches, 22 x 30 in
CAUGHT WATCHING #7, 2026 Acrylic, ink on Arches,14 x 20 in
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #9, 2023, Acrylic, watercolor on Arches, 22 x 30 in
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #10, 2023, Acrylic, gouache on Arches, 22 x 30 in
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #11, 2023, Acrylic, gouache on Arches, 22 x 30 in
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #12, 2021, Watercolor on Arches, 14 x 20 in
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #13, 2021, Watercolor on Arches, 16 x 20 in
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #14, 2024, Acrylic on Arches, 16 x 20 in
LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT ME #15, 2024, Acrylic, gouache on Arches, 14 x 10 in