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To impose order is a human effort to measure, control, and understand. My work explores the balance between control and the instinctual quality of the natural world. It exists within a paradox of containment and release.

Fingerprints

2004 artist’s hair on fabric 4”x5” each

Fingerprints

2004 detail right thumb

Legscape

2003 artist’s hair on fabric 6”x6”

Fishnets lll

2002 artist’s hair on fabric 7”x9”

Torso

2006 peeled grape skins on silk 28”x36”

Torso

2006 detail

Skewed Back

2006 peeled grape skins on silk 28”x36”

Map 1

2005 peeled grape skin on polyester 30”x40”

Map 4

2005 peeled grape skin on polyester 30”x40”

Map 4

2005 detail

Epidermis l

2006 onion skins sewn together; Downtown Charlotte

Epidermis l

2006 detail yellow onions

Epidermis ll

2006 onion skins sewn together; Winthrop University

Epidermis ll

2006 detail red onions

Flutter or flower

2006 onion skins pinned to wall

Flutter or Flower

2006 detail

Red Grass

2006 blades of grass, polyurethane on panel 26”x42”

Red Grass

2006 detail

Celeri Grass

blades of grass, polyurethane on panel 26”x42

Holding

2006 wax casts of artist’s hands holding

Holding

2006 detail

Respire

2006 wax casts of artist’s mouth breathing

Respire

2006 detail

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