This suite of paintings examines a recently retired landfill located very near my home in rural Humboldt County, California. The site's graceful topography and curvilinear hillocks belie its creation by bulldozer and backhoe. Intricate infrastructural elements (including wells, pipes, pumps, and valves) regulate the roiling and potentially volatile activities beneath ground—meanwhile managing to preserve the presumed serenity on the landfill's surface. (All works are 2003-2004, oil on panel, 6"x 9")

(Click on each image to enlarge)