Next up: Solo show at Art Access, February 19, 2010

Aspiration, 1558 Michigan Avenue, Salt Lake City
35" x 35" mixed media

Origin, 3206 S 9100 W, Magna
35" x 35" mixed media

When Camille and I moved to Salt Lake we quickly became fascinated with the neighborhood. We regularly go on walks just to enjoy the variety of vernacular and styled architecture that each home reflects. We have since found out that Camille's family has long been tied to the Avenues and Capitol Hill neighborhoods, which made them even more interesting. I began to think about the layers of each home. The coats of paint. The changing exteriors. The history that has taken place inside the walls. The interest has spread from our own neighborhood into the burrows of Rose Park and further west into Magna. The work for the Art Access show will explore what has happened and continues to happen inside the homes that make up our immediate micro-societies. Just like the home and its history, the work is built with layers- some that are telling and some that are obscure. The layers come from what I learn as I listen to family stories, stories from people who have lived in this area for decades, and stories from the youth that will soon be adding an additional layer of their own.