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Rose Petal (detail), 2019. Acrylic house paint, 2 × 6
shims, painters tape, and screws. 11.5 × 18.5 in.
Rose Petal, 2019. Acrylic house paint. 2 × 6 shims, painters tape, and screws. 11.5 × 18.5 in.
My current work involves pouring paint onto found, discarded, and built surfaces which provide a
barrier for the liquid to solidify and sustain a form that references and reflects the tool used to create it.
Although transformed with slight manipulations, the paint still exists as itself while also providing its
own support, acting as an implied canvas. By using house paint I am also subverting product intentionality
and challenging the purpose or intended use of material. Rather than using the paint to cover the
surface of a wall it becomes the object of observation, thereby elevating the status of the object and the
way viewers perceive it. The works evoke both manufacturing and craft, while the materials used to
construct these objects form an interdependence. The liquid paint once held in place by tape and wood
becomes one; cured and removed from the surface with only the congealed object to consider.