Metamorphic Distance - Drawings

Working with pencil on paper, through accumulating layers of countless marks to slowly build texture an empty circle appears, not drawn by a line, but defined by the density of marks surrounding it. The image emerges gradually as the surface thickens with repeated contact between graphite and paper. Each mark carries a small duration of time. Together they form a field that holds both graphite and the trace of sustained attention. The circle functions as a point of tension within this field. It is neither fully present nor entirely absent, but produced by the surrounding activity of the drawing. In this way, the work approaches emptiness as a condition generated through material process. The circle may read at different scales, at times expansive and distant, at times intimate and cellular. Its meaning does not settle into a fixed interpretation but shifts with the viewer’s distance and attention. The drawings invite a pause in perception. The surface gathers many small actions into a quiet field where subtle differences begin to appear. Time becomes visible through accumulation, and the empty center holds that duration in suspension. In printmaking, this structure continues through a different set of operations. Inking, wiping, and pressing translate the drawing into a sequence of impressions. Each print carries the trace of the original surface while introducing small variations, extending the work into a series of related transformations.

34 works