AWG
Born: St. Louis, MO
Lives: Columbia, MO 

Artist's Statement

In my work I am looking at the man-made and natural environments in our world and studying common similarities between or within them. Similarities can range from design, content, and concept to nothing at all.  The found similarities result in relationships upon which my work is built. These relationships are between objects, the environment, or objects and the environment. Grids, units, systems, proportions, repetition, labels, generic-ness, masses, standardization, power, control, society, community and the individual are some of the objects and matrix for my work.  I use the matrix to reestablish an environment so I can examine our roles within them and the dependent and independent relationships developed.  I am not just providing criticism or praise of our surroundings, but rather subjectively projecting our world back to the viewer so they can find my connections and discover their own. 
 
Mudslide #1
Silkscreen and Topographical Map Collage
2007 

The silkscreen image is derived from printed linear topographical maps on top of one another.  The image is built upon much the same as an etching; layering of lines.  Dozens of images (screens) are used to achieve this.  After I reached a developed image I cut the print following a pronounced organic river line.  The resulting organic shaped print was then collaged on top of an actual topographical map to give a more physical presence.