artist + writer + perpetual home renovator

thanks again to Elaine Bradford of BBAP and Jeff Shell of Green Valentine. it could not have happened without their hard work. Freed Park Suckling is Continuous installation 18-wheeler tire side walls, inner tubes, baling wire10′ diameter Kathy and Christopher atop a suckling artifact.auto tire... Read More0

elements for an installation in a new park, freed park. freed park is located on the south east corner of houston avenue and white oak, in houston, tx. the park opening is planned for saturday, february 9, 2008.0

EXPO 2008 Juried Show January 12 – February 2, 2008Reception: January 12, 6-10pm 500X Gallery500 Exposition AvenueDallas, TX 75226About EXPO500X Gallery, Texas�s oldest artist-run space, hosts one of North Texas� most anticipated annual juried competitions. The exhibition is open to all artists over the age... Read More0

clawing for eden[suckling is continous but no longer functional series]6′ x 9′ x 6′remnant inner tubesnovember 20070

when artists become sheep.[suckling is continuous series]6′ x 9′ x 3′tubes, baling wire on frame, cinder blocksnovember 2007 when artists become sheep (detail)0

what is it that i have, that i was not given[suckling is continuous series]tubes, baling wire, wood frame6′ x 9′ x 2′ framed areavarious stacked tubesoctober 20070

Wish and will depart,urge and impulse infiltrate—my being or lack there of.[suckling is continuous series].10-2007inner tubes, baling wire.6′ x 9′ x 2′ detail.0

inside feeding outsideoutside feeding insidei neither stop nor start at the skinthat i am rationalthat i am autonomousdissipates/dissolvessuckling is continuous How does one distinguish between vision and delusion?[suckling is continuous series]. 9/2007.blownout tire sidewalls, inner tubes, baling wire.size varies.0

In the space of absence.Intimacy. Fear. Proximity. Disturbing nearness. Loss of shallow distance. Contamination. Enclosure. Enclusion. Exclusion. Exception. Endless waiting. Out of place. Out of time. Out of tune. Profound unsettling. Mode of eradication. Intolerance. Non-recognition. Residue. Degeneration of public space. Incessant wanting. Defense mechanism... Read More0

if i give up consumer whoring,stand atop maslow’s hierarchywiping the pavlovian drool from my lipswhat remains I find my voice only to discover everyone is talking, no one is listening.40″ x 16″. Found tire remnants, tire tube pads. 2007.0

Process shot (meaning I am not finished yet.) TITLE In a culture imbued with a perpetual ambient pornography, where sex is everywhere except in sex, hunger everywhere except in hunger, having everywhere except in having, experience everywhere except in experience, I am left with an... Read More0