The grid has always been part of my lexicon. Recently I have allowed myself to let my visual dyslexia be and the clumsiness that occurs creates a visual pulse that lends itself to several retinal-optical reads.

The surface is made to resemble a weave without the canvas, the diatomaceous earth absorbs the pigment making the color amplified. Some of the surface is smooth while other areas are rough, attributable to my interest in textural dichotomies.

I used my fingers to paint the pink lines; there is a very distinct surface division from the image to the ground. The center of this painting is carved out like a set of stairs.

This landscape acts as the group's indexical pragmatist. The wood panel is carved out establishing a very physical, textual surface. The diatomaceous earth painted ground is very smooth in contrast to the cut out wood.

This piece references many of my paintings from the past. The floating circular shape hovers above a concise woven cluster of topographies.The ground is extremely layered and smooth with pigment mixed with diatomaceous earth and gesso.