Individuation is inspired by the elements of theater that illuminate the drama of life.  Although the samples in this application are specific to the events of mid-July, I envision the evolution of the work to include puppetry and performance.  I aim to add to the conversations started by the works of Hilma af Klint and Carl Jung.  I am guided by the questions generated by the show, Silent Spring: Art and Nature 1930-1970, currently showing at the National Gallery in Prague.

This collection is an experiment printing layers of organic material on silk scrolls.  The work asks the question: what defines a landscape?  Here, leaf monoprints using a gel plate are layered onto silk scrolls.  The placement and location of these scrolls determine the meaning and usage of it as an object.  If hung outside in my garden, the wind gracefully dances with the material, sun shining through its fibers.  The scrolls are a part of the living landscape; it breathes as its brothers and sisters still in the ground breathe.  When hung on a wall, the scrolls become still and available for contemplation.  Eyes can narrow in on the movement within the composition and rest on an area of depth or detail.  There are little worlds throughout this scroll, an unconventional form of landscape.

This series of work honors the details of leaf margins.  Here, leaf monoprints using a gel plate are layered onto silk scrolls and cotton papers.  The placement and location of these scrolls determine the meaning and usage of it as an object.  If hung outside in my garden, the wind gracefully dances with the material, sun shining through its fibers.  The scrolls are a part of the living landscape; it breathes as its brothers and sisters still in the ground breathe.  When hung on a wall, the scrolls become still and available for contemplation.  Eyes can narrow in on the movement within the composition and rest on an area of depth or detail.  There are little worlds throughout this scroll, an unconventional form of landscape.