Works on Paper
Full Moon
2019 gilt glass, gilder's clay, and watercolor on cardboard 5 ½" x 7", 9" x 10 ¼" (framed) Available
Sparklers
2019 palladium leaf, pigment, and ink on paper 8 ½" x 5 ¾", 11 ¾" x 9" (framed) Available
Metal Scraps
2019 watercolor and gilder's clay on paper 6" x 8", 9 ⅛" x 11 ¼" (framed) Available
Cloud
2019 white gold leaf, sand, and pigment on paper 7 ¼" x 9 ¾", 10 ½" x 12 ¾" (framed) Sold
Field
2019 palladium leaf and pigment on paper 7 ¼" x 9 ½", 10 ½" x 12 ¾" (framed) Available
Sunshine
2019 pale gold leaf and iron filings on paper 5 ¼" x 7 ½", 8 ⅜" x 10 ¾" (framed) Sold
Fountain
2019 moon gold leaf, palladium leaf, and pigment on paper 7" x 10 ¾", 10 ½" x 14" (framed) Available
Tree
2019 gold leaf, white gold leaf, and watercolor on gessoed paper 5 ¼" x 3 ¾", 8 ½" x 7" (framed) Available
Fountain
2019 moon gold leaf and white gold leaf on paper 10 ¾" x 7 ¼", 14 ¼" x 10 ½" (framed) Available
Clouds and Water
2019 gold leaf, moon gold leaf, pigment, and ink on sandpaper 4 ½" x 11", 7 ¾" x 14 ¼" (framed) Available
Moonlight
2019 moon gold leaf and pigment on cardboard 11" x 7", 14 ¼" x 10 ½" (framed) Sold
Fountain
2019 gold leaf and pigment on paper 7 ¼" x 11", 10 ½" x 14 ¼" (framed) Available
Grass by the Pond
2019 gold leaf and pigment on paper 6 ¾" x 13", 10" x 6 ½" (framed) Available
Rain
2019 moon gold leaf, gold leaf, and pigment on blotting paper 12" x 9 ¾", 15 ¼" x 13" (framed) Available
Rain
2019 moon gold leaf and pigment on blotting paper 12 ½" x 9 ¾", 15 ¾" x 13" (framed) Sold
Grass and Clouds
2019 gold leaf, moon gold leaf, palladium leaf, and pigment on paper 4 ½" x 24", 7 ¾" x 27 ¼" (framed) Sold
Rock Garden
2019 palladium leaf, white gold leaf, watercolor, and ink on paper 4 ¼" x 19 ½", 7 ½" x 22 ¾" (framed) Sold
From Tales of Genji
2019 gold leaf, watercolor, and gilder's clay on paper 7 ¾" x 5 ¼", 11" x 8 ¾" (framed) Available
Metal Scraps
2019 palladium leaf, ink, and gilder's clay on paper 5 ¾" x 7 ½", 9" x 10 ¾" (framed) Sold
Moonlight
2019 watercolor and gilder's clay on paper 8 ¼" x 7 ¾", 11 ¼" x 11 ¼" (framed) Sold
Over the Bridge
2019 moon gold leaf, watercolor, and gilder's clay on paper 5" x 7 ½", 8 ⅛" x 10 ¾" (framed) Available
Poem
2019 watercolor and gilder's clay on paper 5 ¾" x 8", 9" x 11 ¼" (framed) Available
Metal Scraps
2019 palladium leaf, watercolor, and gilder's clay on paper 7 ½" x 5 ¾", 10 ¾" x 9" (framed) Available
Landscape
2019 moon gold leaf, ink, and gilder's clay on paper 7 ¼" x 5 ¼", 10 ½" x 8 ½" (framed) Available
Fountain
2019 gold leaf on paper 10 ½" x 7 ¼", 14" x 10 ½" (framed) Available
Artists
Statement
These works on paper are fragments of my daily studio practice, a rare moment in the day where I can be completely present, brush in hand, without external constraints.
They are my personal notes, not for any particular project, but an unedited way of expressing, and more importantly a way to remember. I forget so much and am pulled in all directions these days, but when I look at these very loose drawings I’m instantly brought back to exact moments, whether it be when I fell in love with a particular work of art, or felt the mood of the day reflected in the weather, be it an impending storm, or ethereal light coming through the clouds.
Often the paper itself has a history. I still have scraps I collected during my high school years in Japan, notebooks from France, and fruit wrappers from a graduate year in Italy. I also prepare paper to give it a history, sometimes with gesso and gilder’s clay, or pigment. I bring it from place to place, such as the artist’s residency Cill Rialaig in Ireland, or the cottage in Maine. Next to my drawing table I have stacks of this paper, most with accumulated marks from those times, and some brand new, waiting for the thought of the day. At least for this one moment I can be sure I have let myself go wherever I wanted.