The Windows
I’ve always been aware of how gifted I’ve been by the windows of my studio/apartment, but never more so than these last couple of years of intensified seclusion. And the particular inspiration of the Summer Solstice, when the setting sun casts its deepening light on my eastern walls, once again returned to be a generative source of work. With my back to the windows, I also reconsidered what was already on my walls, my printed-to-scale taped together test prints for work I was planning for the 2020 New Grit: Art & Philly Now exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; in this new, sequestered world, my taped images, which I had long been living with and which had always been of interest to me, now held my attention in a heightened way. And my ongoing practice of photographing the Period Room windows at the PMA, (represented by Border Crossing in New Grit), also makes an appearance here, as I reproduced another museum window and subjected it to the seasonal light across my studio walls, conflating the museum experience with that of the studio, and ultimately retelling its story in the gallery.
In preparation for The Windows exhibition at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, several years of work not yet exhibited also wanted to come forward, and I’ve selected a few to accompany the work encouraged by my windows. While under the windows’ spell, I was still feeling close to what was out of sight – the landscapes remembered – and those memories and studio experiences were compounded for this exhibition.
Installation view with Tree Road and text
Tree Road
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 10 x 16 inches
Installation view of Placeholder and Cloud Time
Placeholder
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 24 x 36 inches
Cloud Time
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 60 x 65 inches and 6 x 6 ½ inches
Installation view of Picture Plywood, Glimpse, Sky Wall, Placeholder, Cut It Out, and Cloud Time
Picture Plywood
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 6 x 8 ¾ inches and 18 x 25 inches
Glimpse
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 6 x 6 ½ inches and 16 x 17 ½ inches
Sky Wall
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 6 x 8 5/8 inches and 20 x 29 inches
Cut It Out
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 6 x 6 inches and 24 x 24 inches
Installation view of Mountain Side, Cabin Viewing, Moon in a Chair, and Moon in a Box
Mountain Side
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 16 ½ x 13 ¼ inches
Cabin Viewing
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 10 x 15 inches
Moon in a Chair
UV Archival Pigment on dibond, 22 x 28 ¾ inches
Moon in a Box
LED Lightbox, 16 ¼ x 19 ¼ x 3 inches
Night Shift
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 10 ½ x 14 ¾ inches
A Sign
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 36 x 45 inches
Installation view of Green Curtain, Windows, for example, Moon Chord and text
Green Curtain
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 22 ¾ x 32 ¼ inches
The Windows, for example
Archival UV Pigment on Vinyl board, 22 ¾ x 12 ½ x 1 ½ inches
Moon Chord
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 22 ¾ x 31 ½ inches
Text for The Windows, for example
11 x 8 ½ inches
Installation view, including Both Sides, The Golden Hour (Part 1, 2, and 3), Bird Books among Others, and Waving Goodbye.
Both Sides
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 40 x 60 inches
Installation view of Bird Books among Others and The Golden Hour (Part 1, 2, and 3)
The Golden Hour, Part 1
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 40 x 42 ¼ inches
The Golden Hour, Part 2
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 40 x 49 ¾ inches
The Golden Hour, Part 3
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 40 x 52 ¼ inches
Bird Books among Others
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 9 ½ x 12 inches
Waving Goodbye
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 40 x 60 inches
Installation view of Sunscreen
Sunscreen
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 19 x 20 inches
Installation view of Reproduced Twice, Mountain Dreams, and Reproduced Once
Reproduced Twice
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 15 x 26 inches
Mountain Dreams
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 37 x 55 ¼ inches
Reproduced Once
Archival UV Pigment on dibond, 15 x 26 inches