Spinner

For this body of work, the painter uses complex mirroring approaches to the image, creating reflections and echoed images in a manner that results in strange “picture-in-picture” effects, splitting or doubling forms or inserting momentary glances of characters and figures into the work’s broader landscape or composition. In Spinner (2015), a lush vase of flowers sits on a table in front of a restaurant wall that reflects a room filled with diners, while in Reverb (2017), a formally dressed man and woman converse in front of an array of portraits of other couples, their own images framed by a mirror in a haunting visual echo that alludes to the title’s aural equivalent. These figures, posed i...View all