LAND AS
RESIDENCY
2021 - Ongoing
In 2007, I purchased 20.25 acres of rural undeveloped land with my partner through the Texas Veterans Land Board. Since then, my fascination with nature, ownership, time, silence, discovery, and escapism has intensified, shaping both my perspective and my artwork.
solargraphy
Collaborating with nature is an act of magic—unpredictable and sometimes yielding nothing at all. Surrendering control to the elements and time is what makes this process of documentation so meaningful to me.
Each passing sun leaves a light streak burned into the photographic paper negative, capturing time, space, and atmosphere. Time remains a central focus of my artistic practice, and recording daylight’s passage in this way offers a chance to slow down and meditate on the unseen.
Invented around 2000, solarigraphy —solarigrafía in spanish and other languages, solarigrafia/solarygrafia in polish, and also known as solargraphy— uses photographic paper without chemical processing, a pinhole camera and a scanner to create images that catch the daily journey of the sun along the sky with very long exposure times, from several hours to several years. -Wikipedia
SCULPTURE
Using objects found on the land, images created using a Polaroid Land Camera, and FP100C film, I hand-build mini shelves out of ceramic stoneware that act as a memory cabinet.
Landscape
Stoneware, FP-100C, Bone, Plant Material, Found Object
9x5.5x1.5
2022
Portrait
Stoneware, FP-100C, Bone, Plant Material, Found Object
7.75x3.75x1.5
2022
Emulsion LIft
Polaroid emulsion transfers or emulsion lifts
