CURRENT

This series of tiny paintings borrows indiscriminately from the languages of poetry and science. I paint and cut paper fragments — imperfect notations, colorful patterns — then piece them together in a slow, meditative process, not unlike stitching a quilt or an old pair of jeans. With ‘visible mending’ I celebrate the repair rather than hiding it and float the composition in a two-sided frame that reveals the small paper ‘bridges’ that hold the fragments together with glue.

At its core, the creating is a physical way for me to remedy and make sense and order out of living, to respond to constant change, to heal what needs attention, including myself.  This is my antidote to the news, the embodiment of enduring hopefulness, an opportunity ‘maybe even to float a little above this difficult world.’ (Mary Oliver).

I made this series of 6”x 6” paintings in conversation with a larger mixed media installation entitled Maybe whose sculptural ‘characters’ can be seen elsewhere on the website.