TIC-TAC-TOE

2023

32” x 24”

Cement, shellac, wood stain, ink, shredded paper, ash, gold leaf on found frame

Tic-Tac-Toe is one of my explorations playing with found frames and continues my exploration of juxtaposing multiple perspectives within a work; on the one hand it feels like an unfinished concrete ground with a child’s game (miswritten) carved within the still wet concrete. On the other, being hung on a wall within a frame, there is a sense of display. This relates as well for me to an exploration of childhood trauma and the excavations and presentations, whether tangible or intangible, one makes with them later in life.