The medium of silverpoint primarily constitutes these drawings, its exactitude and metallic properties an ideal vehicle for the technology and science portrayed. Silverpoint is a pre-Renaissance drawing method in which the artist uses a piece of silver wire to make marks across a specially-prepared gesso, usually applied onto a panel or thick, hot-pressed watercolor paper. With silverpoint, there is very little smudging, blurring, or removal of its hyper-fine lines, and, as such, it is recognized as a rigorous medium to master—another nod to the fastidious, disciplined nature of space exploration and its technology.
ASTRONAUTS
Dating from late 2019 onwards, this new body of work revolves around starsailors: those who willingly fling themselves into both great danger and greater mystery. This work is more deeply autobiographical—and yet more universally understood—as it revolves around both the personal exploration of an alluring, mystic abyss and the embrace of daunting risk.
