Series Four: Zoom Machines – 2004 SUPER SIZE SERIES This series involved blowing up some of the images from the encyclopedia. My large drawing overlaid a surface composed with much smaller text. This created an effect of readability from very different viewing distances. Series Four.5: Irony Machines REMIX & TWIST…
Series Three: The Abstracts THE WINDOW SERIES These were the first large paintings from the Torn from Britannica Series. I started each painting by choosing a frame and working backwards to the painting. My primary agenda with this series was to explore positive and negative space. I wanted it to…
Series Two: Little Men- THE SOLDIER SERIES The uniform and medical illustrations were always my favorite part of my old encyclopedias. I decided that I had to at least experiment with them. These paintings are about 4 x 6 inches.
Series One: Small Squares THE SURFACE SERIES These were the first studies for the Torn from Britannica Series. These paintings rely heavily on the use of the drilled binding holes, text columns and page numbers. These paintings are 5 x 5 inches.
One of my very first Painting-Animations using paint, an Epson Scanner, and a Dell computer with Macromedia Projector for the images and GoldWave and my voice for the audio. This Video was made for a dance performance at the university of Iowa, in the late 90’s , that brought together…