From February 5th I am enjoying a residency at Djerassi Resident Artist Program, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I will be working on charcoal drawings for my next show "Flora & Fauna" at Enso, Half Moon Bay. The drawings I am making here are made with traditional Victorian pattern wallpaper and charcoal. They create a juxtaposition between everyday, homely fabrics with calming, repetitive patterns - and nature, with savage tangles of vine. Flora and Fauxna continues my work of blurring the borders between function and ornamentation, art and nature. Along with the drawings, I am working on a large mural that represents tangles of vines spreading in the wall.
The photograph on the left was taken from the 2003 resident's album
Intervention (DreamScape) in a large wall of a building in Market St. I've been working on this idea for several months but it is something I've visualized for years. I have the vision of having a few buildings in town covered with one of my Hairscapes. These transitional architectural interventions will transform the art viewing experience.
