Featuring a series of charcoal drawings and paintings of plants and clouds on clay panels, as well as select furnishings and lighting by artisan Vincent Waring
For each piece, I begin by hand making a panel. I then measure and create a clay mixture that I apply with a brush onto the surface of the panel. I sand each thin layer before applying the next. I continue with this process until I build up a surface that provides a warm, earthen tone, a slight tooth for my materials to hold onto, and a substrate that can be altered after mark-making. I use charcoal in a pencil and stick form as well as charcoal watercolor paint to create each visual mark. I then selectively scratch or erase into the charcoal marks, which allows me to work in both an additive and subtractive way, adding depth to each mark and revealing the natural color of the clay beneath. The charcoal watercolor paint is occasionally handmade from scraps that remain from my woodworking process.
Opening Reception: Sunday July 7th, 3-6pm
Featuring Live Music by the Coastal Scrubbers
July 7th -July31st
Gospel Flat Show Space
208 Olema Bolinas Road, Bolinas, CA 94924
