List made in Coal City, IL and Florence, MA

phenomenological - personal

ephemeral - eternal
home - near
humble - transformative
everyday - everyday
myth - spirit

birth - death

Dots, Circles, and Points

I've been reconsidering the Dot series of works. They live as a strong aesthetic form, with some connection to found ephemeral objects and a type of idiosyncratic signature. In my search of the meaning of these forms I ask myself, 'What does the dot mean?' I think by switching the context (the paper the dot is on) can inform this. What if the dot appeared on a map?

The concentric circles mimic (although abstracted) the points that are locations on the map. There by the form of the dot becomes a strange place - such as a blast zone, abstracted roads/map-forms, or aesthetic intervention. Most importantly the form of the dot fits the context of the map through shape and colors.

Chernobyl fallout zone

Dot as place and location. The following Kleenex box was photographed in Florence, MA.