Amnesia Gardens
Garden: Dragonfly for David,
2018-19,
oil on canvas,
78 x 78 inches
Garden: Rocks and Trees,
2019,
oil on canvas,
51 x 78 inches
Garden: Odilon's Rhododendrons,
2018,
oil on canvas,
46 x 41 inches
Garden: Charles' tree,
2018,
oil on canvas,
46 x 41 inches
Garden: Birdhouse for Lois,
2018,
oil on canvas,
45 x 66 inches
Amnesia Garden (the stars are out),
2018,
oil on canvas,
51 x 51 inches
Garden: Peekaboo,
2019,
oil on canvas,
51 x 51 inches
Garden: Helen's pond,
2018,
oil on canvas,
41 x 30 inches
Garden Story (night ride),
2019,
oil on canvas,
51 x 51 inches
Garden Story (a still day),
2019,
oil on canvas,
60 x 48 inches
David dreams of Emily,
2020,
oil on canvas,
52 x 37 inches
An impromptu visit to the Bremen Rhododendron Garden at dusk one evening in May, 2017 prompted a new direction in my work. The garden appeared as a ready-made painting, doubled by how it was mirrored in multiple ponds. Like all gardens, this one was shaped by cultural ideas about what nature should look like, ideas that are themselves often shaped by painting. Curious what a garden of paintings might look like, I began to assemble my paintings from fragments borrowed from artists I admire, combined with my own photographs of the garden. Each painting became a collaboration across time: an homage to those who’ve given me the eyes with which to see.
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