“I Appeal…”   Marble,  granite, and limestone tile, stainless steel cable, hardware, language  39 units, 12” x 12” x 1”  dimensions variable (installation overview  United States Bankruptcy Court, Boston, MA) 1993

“I Appeal…” United States Immigration Court, Boston, MA) 1993 (detail)

“I Appeal…” (final panel detail)

Crescendo  Marble and granite tile, brass hinges, hardware, velvet, acrylic paint, poems,  21 units 17” x 17” x 2”  1994

Crescendo (detail closed) 

Crescendo (detail open)

First Words  Sumi ink and oilstick on Arches paper, language, suspended over glass with binder clips and cotton string  160 units 22” x 30”  (installation view, in The Space of Speech, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA)  1998

First Words (detail)

First Words (detail)

Farewell Notes  Violin cases, steel cable, hardware, glass panels, brass plaques, language  Seven units, ranging to 25” x 18” x 4” Total length 19’ (installation view Allandale Farm, Brookline, MA) 2000

Farewell Notes (installation detail)

jpg  “AS/IS”  Wood cabinetry samples, brass hinges, coated brass plaques  Ninety-six units each 8 ½” x 4 ½” x 1”  2000

AS/IS (panel detail)

AS/IS (pair detail)

Gene-a-Logic  Wood, sumi ink, glue, brass hinges, copper wire, hardware, language   Thirteen units ranging to 16” x 6” x 1” dimensions variable  2000

Gene-a-Logic (detail with language)

Will  Etched glass, steel screws  36” x 24” x 3” 2001

Will (detail)

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There is no real separation in my mind between working with installation and working (or playing) with language. The words and the physical forms strike up a conversation both in the actual space and in my spatial imagination, and connections easily and naturally come together.  The objects, gestures, and events I set up in space overlap with how we encounter the words in our bodies and through our senses.  While much of my process occurs intuitively and below the conscious level, words make my thoughts grow and take shape, giving form to feelings that demand to be known. Words may emerge as an impulse, a memory, or a material; they may erupt in a dream, wrap themselves around an object, or suffuse a place.  I may find them through a rhyme, a proposition or a poem. The language does not explain but expands my meaning.