ORIENTATIONS

The Orientations are images of magnified tiny details I discover while scanning my monotype prints with a magnifying glass.

This point of departure, starts with painting on glass and then placing paper on the wet paint and then peeling it off, causing an incidental transference of ink to paper, called a Monotype.

This foundation for discovery, yields textured topographical imagery. Otherworldly landscapes reveal emergent objects and mysterious figures, creating settings for potential narratives. These details act as “oracles” as I call them, guiding the meaning and subject matter, as I create and intuitively discover my work simultaneously. 

Monotypes have long been a staple of my process and themselves are reservoirs of ideas that play into nearly every body of work and continues to generate into other forms. 

This series spans the last 20 years of my work.