MORNING 4th & KING (smalls)
This work was created in a time of abrupt personal upheaval, possibility and expansion while living out of the country for several months. I began to investigate liminality - the sense of being between things - by exploring liminal places, such as train stations, passageways, doorways, windows.
The images for the Morning, 4th & King series were shot outside the train station in San Francisco on two January mornings. These pieces focus on people in an in-between state, commuting to their day. I was drawn to the life in these people on the move, and to the simultaneous sense of individuality and collectivity. I was also compelled by the play between the morning light and long winter shadows: like a dance, a dialogue, a layer walked on and through.
This work is a combination of analog and digital processes: digitally shot images became manually made monoprints on matte polyester film using an acrylic medium transfer process, resulting in transparent images on translucent film. I enjoyed the push and pull between control of the process and surrender to the inevitable imperfections. These marks are integral to the work and, combined with the transparency of the work, contribute to a sense of transience and ambiguity.
There are 16 small works. The first eight 13x13” monoprints, as well as #15, are mounted using pins hammered into a 12x12” regular depth wood cradled painting panel. The print extends beyond the panel. See installation detail image. The panel has been gessoed, painted and varnished.
