Knight Gallery

In the early 2000s I experienced a performance work by Rachel Rosenthal. The artist entered onto a darkened  stage. She moved deliberately, appearing to be searching for something on the ground, a lantern held high  in one hand. After a bit, she turned to face the audience, claiming, “I never find what I’m looking for, but I keep  finding other things.” 

Rosenthal’s opening statement in this conceptual performance work continues to resonate with me. I  understand my own art practice to be a process of discovery; a practice which helps me uncover who I am  as a maker and as a sentient being. Creative practice reveals the parsing of mind—the focus of thought, the  untangling of culture, the push to make the unseen seen. Rarely do my investigations take me where I thought I  might be going. They often show me what is important, where my magic lies, and who I am at core.  

The works in finding, seeking reveal my journey as a printmaker on an uncharted path.