In this body of work, I have been exploring drawing machines. Removing the hand of the artist from the work, and instead, adjusting variables to change the outcome of the machine. Machines by nature should be able to repeat a task over and over with the same outcome, but what I am finding in my explorations is that by throwing in a human element (myself) to adjust the variables, each piece is obviously connected, but incredibly unique. In this I see may connections, (through material and visual outcomes) between humankind, nature, and how the two interact.
Salt (Drawing Machine 2.1); salt water on Stonehenge, 22×30″, 2015Fields I (Drawing Machine 2.3.1); salt on canvas, 24×24″, 2014Fields II (Drawing Machine 2.3.2); salt on canvas, 24×24″, 2014Into the Great Unknown (Drawing Machine 2.4); salt on canvas, 78×78″, 2014Into the Great Unknown (Drawing Machine 2.4); detail, salt on canvas, 78×78″, 2014Into the Great Unknown (Drawing Machine 2.4); detail, salt on canvas, 78×78″, 2014Into the Great Unknown (Drawing Machine 2.4); detail, salt on canvas, 78×78″, 2014The New Dust Bowl; turmeric on canvas, 78×78″, 2015Walking in Circles; indigo on canvas, 78×78″, 2015Swinging; henna powder on canvas, 78×78″, 2015Arid Expanse; beet root powder on canvas, 78×78″, 2015Macrocosm; metallic pigment on canvas, 48×48″, 2015On the Floor//Of the Earth; salt on vinyl tile flooring, 72×72″, 2015On the Floor//Of the Earth; salt on vinyl tile flooring, 72×72″, 2015
