GROUND WORK
Disassembled, reclaimed garments. Varying degrees of recognition; pockets, cuffs, waistbands, sleeves. Rearranged and hand stitched into a new surface. Nothing is painted or worked over afterward. The cutting, the stitching, the stretching onto the frame, that process is the work. What you see is the making itself, left alone once it's finished.
Selection on view as part of the exhibition "On Tradition," September 10 - October 22, 2026, Moshava Art Gallery, Greenwich Village
Sweet Times SPM1C1, Stitched reclaimed garments, sashiko thread on aluminum stretcher, 48 x 36 x 1.25 in., 2026
Three Day Weekend RN163017, Stitched reclaimed garments, sashiko thread on aluminum stretcher, 48 x 36 x 1.25 in., 2026
Relic EB800, Stitched reclaimed garments, sashiko thread on aluminum stretcher, 48 x 36 x 1.25 in., 2026
Graft CA17897, Stitched reclaimed garments, sashiko thread on wood stretcher, 12 x 12 x 2 in., 2026
Painting Zero RN54023, Stitched reclaimed garments, sashiko thread on aluminum stretcher, 48 x 36 x 1.25 in., 2026
Tell it Slant RLProto26, Stitched reclaimed garments, sashiko thread on aluminum stretcher, 48 x 36 x 1.25 in., 2026
Bind S110795, Stitched reclaimed garments, sashiko thread on wood stretcher, 12 x 12 x 2 in., 2026
Recall RN77388, Stitched reclaimed garments, sashiko thread on wood stretcher, 12 x 12 x 2 in., 2026
Pop Pop RN160476, Stitched reclaimed garments, sashiko thread on wood stretcher, 12 x 12 x 2 in., 2026
Held CL02, used wood clamps, hosiery, duct tape, staples, sashiko thread, 2026
Keeper 6MM31G, Reclaimed garments, duct tape, electrical tape, screen repair tape, sashiko thread, steel chair support, insulin syringes, 2026
These works start with clothing that already has a history, mine, my family's, friends', and pieces sourced from secondhand stores. I cut each garment apart, breaking it down to sleeves, pockets, seams, cuffs, collars, then rearrange and hand stitch the pieces into a new surface. Nothing is painted or worked over afterward. The cutting, stitching, and stretching onto the frame are the finished work, left alone once complete.
This puts the paintings in conversation with stitched textile traditions, Boro, Gee's Bend quilting, and with a painting lineage more concerned with surface and accumulation than illustration. The clothing's original function disappears. What remains is memory and history, embedded directly in the material rather than depicted on top of it.
Old becomes new. Not restored. Not repurposed. Entirely known and entirely other.