Small & Large Thoughts

The ordinary act of living is endlessly complex and uncertain. It is through the ordinary that, for me, the world resonates. With "Small & Large Thoughts", artifacts of daily life pass unnoticed until a simple bowl of yogurt suggests a stroke of paint revealing the whole history of art. This series began with a casual glance, an observation after lunch. My emptied bowl of yogurt looked like the remnants of a painter’s palette. I reflected on that artform’s centuries of practice. I began shooting in black and white then, color, often, increasing the scale, further referencing other media. The casual glance occurs again. I noticed neglected spoonfuls of yogurt, given over to decay, demanding to be stacked, sculptural presences. Re-examining heirlooms of home is a process of reclamation; not merely recycling objects and collecting memories but claiming their very simplicity as material for art-making. In considering my work’s relationship to the past, I now also look at it in a present-day context. The past is present. Given the current political climate, I now note that my materials, imagery and manner of collecting them, suggest/are traditional female work. I now, one again, place it within a feminist context. The larger series contains both gelatin silver prints and archival inkjet prints. The images submitted are archival inkjet prints, image size 22”h. x 33” w., editions of 10 with 2 artist’s proofs.