spill

to allow or cause (a liquid) to fall, pour, or run out (esp. over the edge of the containing vessel), usually in an accidental or wasteful manner; to lose or waste in this way. to disperse

2008-9

'Spill' is a series of works that involve laying out semi-impermeable and impermeable substrates and onto them spilling puddles of ink and water. I walk away and come back a week later; I add more. The end traces the history of this sequence of evaporations—the interaction between ink, water, air, wind, heat. 'Spill' makes explicit the implicit process in the history of painting where there is always a wet and eventual dry state.

• Truck spills
• A greek tragedy updated by murphy's law

Nor'easter on the L.I.E. Lightbox with evaporation drawing transparencies, 16"x48"

spill #3, 3'x4'

spill #4, 3'x4'

Installation view of spills 1-6, each panel is 3'x4'