Conditions of Practice

Conditions of Practice began after I no longer had access to a dedicated studio. Working with index cards and readily available materials, the project asks how an art practice can remain active when space, time, and resources become limited.

Rather than following predetermined compositions, each work develops through attention to physical cues—changes in breath, tension, rhythm, and ease—that indicate when to continue, adjust, or stop. These responses become part of the work’s structure, extending a long-standing interest in simple constraints from the material into the conditions of making itself.

Joined Drawings

Individual cards are joined into provisional supports that become part of the drawing itself. The seams and edges remain active elements, allowing the charcoal to move across a surface that is assembled rather than given.

Single Drawings

Reducing the work to a single card, these drawings explore how little is required for a drawing to remain active.

Temporary Structures

Returning to masking tape as a removable framework, these drawings establish temporary conditions that the charcoal line must negotiate. Structure is no longer fixed but continually made and unmade through the act of drawing.