These works are crafted from plastic sheets, tacked to the wall for protection. They capture and preserve the paint marks which seeped through the burlap fabric of the inside-out burlap bag pieces. The plastic sheets were sewn into bags, preserving the painted lines left over burlap fabric and wood on the inside of the bag. I consider these pieces as negative imprints and remnants of those original works as well as exposing process.

In 1997, I found a stack of 'As Advertised' pads of paper on the sidewalk outside my studio door. The bold red design and text had a commercial pop art feel and caught my eye. At that time, I was working on large-scale works for my first solo show in Chelsea. Because of my upcoming show, the idea of placing a monetary value on my art had become a real issue. I began using these papers to sketch out ideas for potential future works.

The “As Advertised” papers became a kind of paradox for putting ideas down, clarifying for me that I was making an object that could also be interpreted as a product. On some of the drawings I canceled out the words “As Advertised” and wrote the word “reminder” in its place. Other times I would cross out the bottom phrase “Our price is right”. Although struggling with the concept of my art being a commercial endeavor,­ I liked that the sketches showed ideas I was developing at the time as part of a consistent visual language.