We Are All Quite Fucked
match burn on Arches paper
2019, 22.5 x 30 inches
Hiss (teraptych)
match burn on Arches paper
2019, 96 x 24 x 33 inches
Veneres (triptych)
match burn on Arches paper
2018, 30 x 22.5 inches (each)
Veneres (left)
match burn on Arches paper
2018, 30 x 22.5 inches
Veneres (center)
match burn on Arches paper
2018, 30 x 22.5 inches
Veneres (right)
match burn on Arches paper
2018, 30 x 22.5 inches
Golden Wen
match burn and gold leaf on Arches paper
2018, 22.5 x 30 inches
Plica
sparkler burn on Arches paper
2018, 29.5 x 40 inches
Fall/Trinity (triptych)
match burn on Arches paper
2018, 22.5 x 30 inches
Fall/Trinity: Distress
match burn on Arches paper
2018, 22.5 x 30 inches
Fall/Trinity: Free Fall
match burn on Arches paper
2018, 22.5 x 30 inches
Fall/Trinity: Hole
match burn on Arches paper
2018, 22.5 x 30 inches
Red Vanitas
match burn on Arches paper
2018, 22.5 x 30 inches
Double-talk
match burn on Arches paper
2018, 22.5 x 30 inches
Doublespeak
match burn on Arches paper
2018, 22.5 x 30 inches
Outland
sparkler burn on Arches paper
2017, 29.5 x 40 inches
Wish You Were Here
match burn on Arches paper
2017, 40 x 30 inches
Vagina China
match burn on Arches paper
2017, 29.5 x 40 inches
L'Origine du monde
match burn on Arches paper
2016, 29.5 x 34.5 inches
Private Collection Birmingham, AL
Worship/Warship
match burn on Arches paper
2016, 29.5 x 40 inches
Welfare/Warfare
match burn on Arches paper
2016, 29.5 x 40 inches (sold)
21c Museum / Louisville, KY
Glory Days
match burn on Arches paper
2016, each panel 29.5 x 40 inches (sold)
Private Collection / New York, NY
Ex•Pat•Riot
match burn on Arches paper
2016, 27.5 x 29.5 inches
The Roof Is On Fire
match burn on Arches paper
2016, 29.5 x 40 inches (sold)
Private Collection / Birmingham, AL
Fable
match burn on Arches paper
2016, 22 x 30 inches (sold)
Private Collection / Japan
Burnbow
match burn on Arches paper
2016, 22 x 30 inches
Bang Bang 2
match burn on Arches paper
2016, 29.5 x 40 inches
Private Collection Lexington, KY
Bang Bang
match burn on Arches paper
2016, 29.5 x 40 inches
Slanted Patriot
sparkler burn on Arches paper
2015, 29.5 x 40 inches (sold)
Proper Patriot
sparkler burn on Arches paper
2015, 29.5 x 40 inches (sold)
21c Museum / Louisville, KY
Free•dom
match burn on Arches paper
2015, 29.5 x 40 inches
Harm•ony
match burn on Arches paper
2015, 29.5 x 40 inches
Pat•riot
match burn on Arches paper
2015, 40 x 29.5 inches (sold)
Private Collection / Lexington, KY
Fire Crotch
match burn on Arches paper
2015, 29.5 x 40 inches
Conflagrate
sparkler burn on Arches paper
2015, 20.5 x 28 inches
is Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land…
match burn on Arches paper
2014, 28 x 20.5 inches
Fire
match burn on Arches paper
2014, 21 x 29 inches
fiftyless
sparkler burn on Arches paper
2014, 21 x 29 inches (sold)
Private Collection / Lexington, KY
Disorderly Conduct
sparkler burn on Arches paper
2014, 21 x 29 inches (sold)
High & Petty
match burn on Arches paper
2014, 22 x 30 inches (sold)
Righteous Branding
match burn on Arches paper
2011, 21 x 29 inches (sold)
Untitled (Venus Series)
match burn on Somerset paper
1998, 26 x 32 inches
Untitled (Venus Series)
match burn on Somerset paper
1998, 32 x 26 inches
Untitled (Venus Series)
match burn on Somerset paper
1998, 32 x 26 inches
Untitled (Venus Series)
match burn on Somerset paper
1998, 32 x 26 inches
Untitled (Venus Series)
match burn on Somerset paper with Prismacolor
1998, 32 x 26 inches
Untitled (Venus Series)
match burn on Somerset paper with Prismacolor
1998, 32 x 26 inches
Burn Drawings
Burning paper with matches has been part of my studio practice since the late 1990s. Sparklers, the kind used by children on the 4th of July, are a more recent method of leaving a mark. I refer to the outcomes as drawings, viewing the burn as no different than charcoal. The act of branding, one chance to get it right is tedious but striking. The burn drawing iconography spans vaginal forms, flags, text, maps, ovaries and Buddhas silhouettes...