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CURRENT WORK


Devil Canyon
Diablo Range Serpentine
Public Inheritance 02
Contained Landscape 01
Hillside Bones

Spring 2020
Summer 2020
Fall 2020

Coalinga Fire
Self Portraits

History Is Derived from the Land
( Terrane )
( Export )
( Consumption )
( Culture )

Oil Studies
Yield 01, An Agricultural Portrait





Commissions
Photography
Prints and Series
Books and Zines






Pieces photographed
at the studio of Angelou Masters
and the house of Aadrita Mukerji












Devil Canyon Portrait    |    Grass from Devil Canyon and gesso    |    16 x 20 in.    |    2023









Diablo Range Serpentine Portrait    |    Serpentine from near San Benito Mountain    |    20 x 24 in.    |    2023









Public Inheritance 02    |    Ink impressions of historically significant hazardous waste    |    36 x 53 in.    |    2023









Contained Landscape 01    |    Glue, charcoal, reflective gravel, shell    |    7 x 5.5 x 2 in.    |    2022









Hillside Bones    |    Charred cow bones, ash from fire in the East Hills of San Jose    |    13.5 x 9 x 4.5 in.    |    2022










Spring 2020    |    Asphaltum on paper    |    18 x 24 in.    |    2020









Spring 2020   detail








Summer 2020    |    Asphaltum on paper    |    20 x 24 in.   |    2020









Fall 2020    |    Asphaltum on paper    |    18 x 24 in.   |    2020









Coalinga Fire    |    a collection of 4 found objects from a fire site near Coalinga    |    2020









Melted Trailer    |    Metal and rocks    |    12 x 15 x 1 in.









Brick    |    Metal on brick    |    8 x 4 x 3 in.










Twice-baked Tile    |    Tile    |    4.5 x 4.5 x .25 in.

Wood Stand,   detail    |    Wood cut by fire crew    |    14 x 20 x 10 in.    |    not pictured in full










Self Portrait 01    |    Wood ash on paper    |    17 x 26 in.    |    2019

Self Portrait 02    |    Object tracings on paper    |    17 x 26 in.    |    2019

Self Portrait 03    |    photograph    |    2020






History Is Derived from the Land    |    set of 4 pieces    |    Wood stain and charcoal on paper    |    2019

The full name of this piece is in four parts. The names given in parentheses are the shorthand names for each piece.
(  Terrane  |   Export   |   Consumption  |  Culture   )



If History is an account of power through time …

( Terrane )    |    17 x 26 in.    |    detail below





















… And if power through time is determined
by who has what resources and when …


( Export )    |    17 x 26 in.









… And if resources are derived from rocks in the earth
and from the forests that grow from those rocks
and from the animals that grow from those forests …


( Consumption )    |    17 x 26 in.    |    detail below



















… History is an account of humans’ exploitation of nature
for power and for the comfort of the powerful.


( Culture )    |    17 x 26 in.









Oil Studies    |    Asphaltum, glue, and sawdust on wood    |    32 x 8 x 9 in.    |    2019    |    with details below






























Yield 01   —   An Agricultural Portrait of California in Late 2010s    |    Serigraph    |    3.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 feet    |    2019

Yield 01    |    Artist Proof    |    28 x 40 in.    |    2019



Yield 01 premiered at the Santa Paula Art Museum’s 2019 Art About Agriculture Show.
It is a compilation documentary of each county’s contribution
to California’s $ 50 billion agriculture industry.








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