Two Brown Houses
2010
Ink on paper
30 x 44 inches
Two Blue Houses
2010
Ink on paper
30 x 44 inches
Two Blue Houses, detail
Monster House Brown
2010
Ink on paper
30 x 44 inches
Monster House Black
2010
Ink on paper
30 x 44 inches
Blind Houses Blue
2012
Ink on paper
30 x 44 inches
Blind Houses Brown
2010
Ink on paper
16 x 20 inches
Blind Houses Black
2010
Ink on paper
30 x 44 inches
Four Blue Houses
2010
Ink on paper
22 x 30 inches
Suburbia 1
2009
Ink on paper
22 x 30 inches
Suburbia 2
2009
Ink on paper
22 x 30 inches
Suburbia 3
2009
Ink on paper
22 x 30 inches
Suburbia 4
2009
Ink on paper
22 x 30 inches
Suburia 4, detail
Suburbia 3, detail
Monster House Black II
2010
Etching
16 x 20 inches
Sons
2010
Ink on paper
30 x 50 inches
Daughters
2010
Ink on paper
30 x 50 inches
Daughters, detail

Statement

These works express skepticism about the attainability of the American Dream as viewed through the lens of suburban development. Drawn directly onto the paper with permanent ink, the pressure to "not make a mistake" imbues the lines and marks with a pressure to be perfect that is so often mirrored by Americans who inhabit these spaces. The resulting drawings are tight, uncanny depictions of suburban life that hint at white flight and imperfections that may be lying beneath the veneer of picture-perfect McMansions and sickly smiles.