Riverton, 1937

Riverton, 1937 is a series of drawings and paintings rendered from a 1937 family film. The monochromatic footage was shot 75 years ago on and around our farm in Riverton, Louisiana. I choose certain snapshots from the film for their haunting nature and painterly qualities, juggling reality and abstraction, to produce a story of the recorded past. These paintings were during a three month residency at the Centre d’Art Marnay-sur-Seine, France (CAMAC).