wind 2008-2000
Off-shore Flow, 8 Hours of Observation, Silver, 10/5/08
Cerritos College Collection
Metallic Ink on Black Paper
44.5" x 30", 2008
Off-shore Flow, 8 Hours of Observation, Yellow, Silver and Magenta, 10/07/08
Private Collection
Metallic Ink on Black Paper
44.5" x 30", 2008
Off-shore Flow, 10 Hours of Observation, Gold and Copper, 10/07/08
Escalette Collection, Chapman University
Metallic Ink on Black Paper
44.5" x 30", 2008
Off-shore Flow, 10 Hours of Observation, Gold and Copper - detail
On-shore Flow, 7 Hours of Observation, Green and Blue, 3/28/08
Escalette Collection, Chapman University
Metallic Ink on Black Paper
44.5" x 30", 2008
Visible Invisibility, Off-shore Flow, Santa Ana Condition, Oct. 3-4, Wind Gusts 30 mph
Ink on Arches
80” x 42”, 2006
Off-shore Flow, 8 Hours of Observation, Blue and Green, 3/31/05
Ink on Arches
42" x 29.5", 2005
Off-shore Flow 3.31.05, Red, 7 Hours of Observation
Ink on Arches
42” x 29.5”, 2005
Off-shore Flow 3.31.05, Red, 7 Hours of Observation - Detail
On-shore Flow, 3.13.05, Black 10 Hours of Observation
Ink on Arches
42” x 29.5”, 2005
On-shore Flow, 3.13.05, Black 10 Hours of Observation - Detail
Wind Capture, triptych, from left, (1 of 3) Off-shore Flow, Jan. 30 (8 Hours) and, again, Feb. 8 (6 Hours), (2 of 3) On-shore Flow, Feb. 15 (7 Hours), and (3 of 3) Off-shore Flow, Feb. 17 (6 Hours)
Ink on Rives BFK
80" x 42" each, 2006
Wind Diagrammatic (edges) in a graphic series - Detail
Ink on Arches Watercolor paper 16" x 20" full size, 2008
Wind Diagrammatic 5 hours, On-shore Flow
Ink on Rives BFK
15" x 10.5", 2008
Wind Diagrammatic
Archival Marker on Vellum
47.5" x 36", Complete Dimensions, 2006
Wind Diagrammatic taped pens in a graphic series
Archival Marker on Washi Paper
72” x 38”, 2005
Wind Diagrammatic taped pens in a graphic series - Detail
Wind Diagrammatic ii
Archival Marker on Washi Paper
17” x 13”, 2002
Wind Diagrammatic, On-shore Flow
Archival Marker on Washi Paper
72” x 38”, 2002
Wind Diagrammatic, On-shore Flow - Detail
My work has focused on the range between three-dimensional and intangible environmental space through various painting media. This series with Wind began when I had been painting the landscape from observation on site in the late 90’s. I noticed there were other elements in landscape that were all around me, invisible, but very much at play. I heard the sound of the wind through the trees and felt it pass by and I began thinking it would be important to include this ephemeral activity in my landscape work. Wind is an integral element in nature – it builds and erodes landscapes and affects ocean currents that influence our weather. At its most extreme, it forms wind-related disasters, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and firestorms. That activity, which is fleeting, impermanent, and invisible is part of the fullness of landscape and is my focus with wind. I devised a system to collaborate with the wind to record its invisible form by tying strings to tree branches and taping pens at their ends. The wind’s energy force moved the apparatus to leave markings on the paper that was weighted on the ground with towel-wrapped bricks during Southern California wind events of On-shore and Off-shore flows. At times, I used my son’s old skateboard wheels as weights on the strings when the wind was so strong that the pens couldn’t reach the paper because they were airborne. Rips and creases also occurred in the paper during such events. I used a variety of drawing media and pen configurations on the strings throughout the series to allow for a variety of mark-making. It was a sensitive back-and-forth between the wind conditions and me.
