Underworld / Otherworld invites the viewer to dwell in the liminal space between endings and new beginnings.
Death is an undeniable aspect of all our lives. Yet there is little space carved out in culture to process personal, collective, and environmental loss. To grief is to love. Grief has the power to rearrange us; to ground us and wisen us. Preparing us with integrity for what comes next. How do we move through the underworld to meet the Otherworld?
Inspired by local ecology, the large scale multimedia works on display engage a wide range of materials including wild-crafted black walnut ink and charcoal made from regional trees.
2022-2023
Black walnut ink, collage, oil pastel
Approx. 7 ft x 9.5 ft
Student Union Gallery, Umass Amherst
December, 2023
2023
Acrylic, pastel, graphite, and black walnut ink on paper
Approx. 5.5 ft by 7 ft
Guardian I, 2023
Wax and black walnut ink on paper
Approx. 5 ft by 6.5 ft
Exhibition Introduction
2022-2023
Black walnut ink, collage, oil pastel
Approx. 7 ft x 9.5 ft
2019
Ink on fabric
Approx. 7ft x 7 ft
2023
Black walnut ink, silkscreen, photo paper
20” x 30”
2022
Wax and black walnut ink on paper
20” x 30”
2022
Black walnut ink on paper
Approx. 18 in X 24 in
2022
Black walnut ink on paper
Approx. 18 in X 24 in
2022
Black walnut ink, collage, oil pastel
Approx. 1.75 ft x 5.5 ft
Student Union Gallery, Umass Amherst
December, 2023
Underworld / Otherworld invites the viewer to dwell in the liminal space between endings and new beginnings; to be shape-shifted and re-arranged amidst encounters with the myth-poetic other; and to join in commemoration of benevolent ancestors. The large scale multi-media paintings on display engage a wide range of materials, including wild-crafted black walnut ink made from the walnut trees on Umass campus.