Tomato Mouse Mosaic Ceramic tile mosaic 36 x 72 inches 2020 This mosaic was created as identity signage for Tomato Mouse Gallery, Brooklyn. It interprets emoji in the ancient medium of mosaic, with each tile and analog for one pixel.
Portrait of a Young Woman Tile mosaic 40 x 70 inches 2020 This mosaic is proof of concept for my process of reproducing photographic images in mosaic. It is based on a portrait photo by R. Carroll.
Technicolor moment Tile mosaic 42 x 96 inches 2021 An abstraction of one of the most nostalgic movie images of all time, in which good witches bond. It is installed in the kitchen.
In order to design enduring and vibrant exterior artwork I began experimenting with tile mosaic. The attraction to tiles is primary though. Arranging squares of color is like a puzzle, it brings up associations of play. The ancient art of mosaic connects to the digital with each tile an analog to a pixel. It requires interpreting the colors in an image or photographic source into a block of material with physical qualities, alternating cool and warm hues, opaque and transparent, dark and light, smooth and textured. The selection of tiles becomes paintbox and palette.
