Rural Lines

2019 – 2022

Examining architectural vernacular
of the Southeast

Rural Lines I
Oil on Linen • 36” x 36” • 2020

Architectural elevations
are a classic mode of communication for architects.

In these paintings, the abstract compositions simplify views in elevation format. A facade is flattened and abstracted to serve as a primary element in the composition conveying a sense of mass and volume. Large geometric shapes are formed from dominant shadows raking across a surface. With details purposefully omitted in the composition, the viewer is left to question its function and how it served its occupants.

  • East Main II

    Oil on Linen • 24 x 24 in. • 2019

  • Porch Elevation

    Oil on Linen • 28 x 36 in. • 2021

  • Boddies Milpond II

    Oil on Linen • XX x XX in. • 20XX

  • Rural Lines V

    Oil on Linen • XX x XX in. • 20XX

  • Route 9

    Oil on Linen • XX x XX in. • 20XX

Tobacco Elevation
Oil on Linen • 48” x 64” • 2021

A recording of history—
the retelling and the close examination of what was
into what is—as translated
by the artist.

Buildings that were abandoned and left to decay are given life and illuminated both metaphorically and by natural light.