Fences
An ongoing series that began in 2013 examining the purpose and perception of fences.
Projects are organized from newest to oldest.
Projects are organized from newest to oldest.
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Coming or Going
2019 Traffic Cones, wood 304.8 cm x 274.32cm installation in Victoria Park, Charlottetown, PEI as part of "Art in the Open" August 24, 2019 |
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Cockblock
2018 gouache & ink on paper with sections cut-out Collection of the artist Photo Credit: Séamus Gallagher |
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Unravel
2018 ink on paper 208.2cm x 107.3cm Collection of the artist |
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Shortcut
2017 ink on paper 208.2cm x 107.3cm Collection of the artist |
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Shortcuts
2017 ink on paper 55.8cm x 76.2xm Collection of the artist 
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Crush(ed)/(ing)
2017 ink on paper 55.8cm x 76.2cm Collection of the artist |
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Chain-Link Fence
2015 - 2023 graphite on black paper, hand cut-out 182.88cm x 149.86cm (flat) installation variable Collection of the artist Photo credit: Jordan Blackburn |
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Untitled
(contour drawing of a fence on a 40ft scroll) 2015 graphite on paper 1219.2cm x 30.48cm Collection of the artist Photo credit: Jordan Blackburn |
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8 SHEETS OF STONEHENGE CUT-OUT LIKE A CHAIN-LINK FENCE
hand cut-out paper (8) pieces of 38" x 50" stonehenge cut out like chain link fence. Each piece clings to the other with no adhesives. Dimensions vary depending on installation 2014 Photo credit: Steve Farmer This work was created from 8 pieces of stonehenge paper. I drew a fence on each that took up the 38" x 50" sheet and cut out the negative space. The work can be installed differently each time. In this installation at Mount Saint Vincent University each sheet clings to the other organically. The work is attached to the wall by two pins at the top. I saved each piece of negative space that I cut out which I propose to recreate the fence as a quilt. |
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CHAIN-LINK FENCE
White chalk on black paper with sections cut-out by hand 82" X 104" 2014 Installation varies |
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BARRICADE FENCE (CROWD CONTROL)
(elongated drawing of a barricade fence) graphite on stonehenge, sections cut-out by hand 140" X 110" 2014 Similar to the chain-link fence cut-outs I drew this barricade fence with graphite sticks, pushing all my weight and force into the marks. I then cut out the negative space. |
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Threshold (Chain-Link fence)
2013-2014 graphite pencil on paper 45.72 x 762cm In "Threshold" I allowed the paper to roll up to the left and right of my hand as I drew the links of a chain-link fence. The process forced me to estimate the size of the preceding links as I continued to draw from left to right. The zones in the drawing that stray from rote description—the zones in which my memory or concentration momentarily failed—are precisely those most freighted with the dramas of struggle and recovery. The scroll is exhibited fully extended, but owing to the necessity of viewing it close-to, the viewer must retrace one by one the anomalies of scale and pattern that conspired to defeat the illusion. |
