Recent Projects: PM


PM is a series of paintings that co-mingles abstraction and trompe l'oeil informed by a collection of toxic wallpaper samples presented by the Michigan State Board of Health in 1874. The book warns of the hazardous particulate matter (PM) shed by these decorative papers that were printed with lead and arsenic based pigments.


Essay by Kelly Baum, Curator of Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art here

Wallpaper 69 (landscape), 2022

acrylic on panel, 20 x 16 inches

Specimen 25 (fleur de lis), 2022

acrylic on canvas on panel, 20 x 16 inches

Specimen 24, 54 & 43, 2022

acrylic, oil and colored pencil on panel, 20 x 16 inches

Specimen 24, 54 & 43, 2022. Detail


Specimen 22 (gray stripes), 2022

acrylic on panel, 20 x 16 inches

Specimen 48 (color study), 2022

acrylic on linen on panel, 20 x 16 inches

Specimen 29 (string), 2022

acrylic on panel, 20 x 16 inches

Specimen 29 (string), 2022. Detail

Specimen 30 (droplet), 2022

acrylic and oil on panel, 20 x 16 inches

Specimen 30 (droplet), 2022. Detail