house centipede, typical.
8.5”x10”
graphite on handmade paper recyled
from old sketchbook pages, journal
entries, flora, clothing fibers, etc.
i’m becoming more and more process-driven as time goes on, attempting to use intent and ritual in a more focused and directed way to emphasize meditation on the subject. paper becomes a representationof the psyche with drawings on top depicting abstracted thought.
as stems and flower petals undulate through the surface, it speaks to both a physical and an emotional texture. as some things come to the front and are processed emotionally, they are at any moment able to flake off and remove themselves, leaving only a scar where they once were.
others, however, remain completely obfuscated; only visible from their shadow and projection of light to the surface.
now irremovable, these things are built into the fabric of being.
COMPANION WITH TREE