Bag Series (recent work)

Using personal imagery and memory (both organic and artificial) as vehicles for abstraction, these works become part architecture, part quilt. These forms are constructed by the process of mold making. Handmade rubber molds are pulled from personal objects. In this case: a beaded handbag. They are then cast in plastic and used as painting surfaces. These surfaces become spaces for diaristic recollection and visual journal keeping. Each painting in these dyptics is composed of personal photographs which have been filtered through a convolutional neural network.

Horse Lords, "Integral Accident" (2018) (excerpt)

A composition by Horse Lords (of which I am a member) commissioned by Peabody's contemporary music ensemble Now Hear This. I arranged and notated the parts for the ensemble and I perform the guitar part. As in "Sammusik," a simple mathematical procedure generated much of the musical content; the pitches, the basic rhythmic structure, the electronics, and the large-scale form of the piece are all governed by the same law. This was performed at Peabody in 2018, a studio recording released in 2020, and further European performances were scheduled for 2020 but cancelled due to COVID-19.

"Sammusik 2" (2020) (excerpt)

An excerpt from a 52-minute (and potentially much longer) composition, based on a simple counting procedure that yields perpetual melodic variation.  Taking insights from perceptual psychology, I have used tuning and timbre to ensure that the listener is always at the edge of something familiar but never quite arrives there.

Desert Southwest

The deserts of the American southwest continually call to me, ever since my first trip out west, over 25 years ago, when I also began to pursue my interest in photography. Since then, I have returned numerous times, and I find new subjects every time, even when I return to old favorite locations. 
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