2020, Layered pencil drawings on translucent paper, 6 feet x 3.5 feet
I create large-scale graphite drawings built through layers of translucent paper. Each piece is constructed so that marks remain partially visible beneath the surface. I focus on drawing my own hands in various states: reaching, tangling, straining, or emerging from the picture plane. I examine drawing not just as image-making, but as a physical act, an index of movement and endurance.
2020, Layered pencil drawings on translucent paper, 6 feet x 3.5 feet
I approach this work as a meditation on the connection between mind and body. As a competitive swimmer, I am deeply attuned to repetition, breath, and muscle memory, and these ideas translate directly into my drawing process. The layering of translucent surfaces mirrors both the accumulation of physical effort and the persistence of thought, creating works that are ultimately about my experience of drawing itself as an embodied, durational experience.
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2020, Layered pencil drawings on translucent paper, 6 feet x 3.5 feet
Detail
2020, Layered pencil drawings on translucent paper, 6 feet x 3.5 feet