EXIT Series 2021-current

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In 2020, just before my workplace went into lockdown for the pandemic, I saw possibility in a discarded electric EXIT sign. At the studio, I traced the metal stencil onto wood and carved the letters as a woodblock. I have explored its meaning by juxtaposing images that represent destruction (Shiva), passage,  suspension (floating irons), and time warp (antique clock parts). I have recently been pushing against the visual insistence of letterforms and language by burying  and disguising the word in a drawing. These are expressions of loss, invisibility, and ambiguity.