Artist Statement: The subjects of these prints are drawn from my immediate surroundings. Almost all of them are within about a mile or less of where I live, public spaces that are part of my lived experience. Many of these places, such as fenced-off lots and vacant buildings, no longer have any prescribed function. Still, they remain as part of the environment; the activities of the people around them give them new uses and additional meanings. The depiction of such subjects is a form of contemplation on the commonplace. With either photographs or sketches as initial studies, I then reinterpret these images as prints. Hand drawn on woodblock or metal plate, the prints are created slowly, through cutting, scraping, burnishing and proofing the plates or blocks. The attention that goes into the development of the image constitutes a meditation on details and spaces that normally don't receive more than a passing notice. It is a reflection of the attention required to find value in anything ordinary and to recognize its particularity.
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