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Abby

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The Practice Ground



Red Tennis Court Clay, 4’x6’ on wood panel.
Green Tennis Court Clay, 4’x6’ on wood panel. 
Video, 1 hour, content: red oil paint on tennis balls hit against a 10 foot wall. 

"The Practice Ground" is a performance and artifact; drawing from my experience as a tennis pro.

The tennis clay carries material memory for me, recalling childhood practice sessions in the heat, the meditative repetition of drills, and the love of tennis and it’s philosophical connections to life. The clay that was once the surface of competition and training, becomes a landscape of contemplation. The clay texture holds both activity versus stillness or clarity versus uncertainty.

It is a contemplative landscape; not a fixed territory, but a space defined by movement, competition and repetition.



Mapping Entropy


An exhibition took place in Iceland at Korpúlfsstaðir in 2021.

Utilizing a rope, I tracked my location and trail while walking in Iceland.
This project resulted in altered landscapes and documentation. 

Reflections on Leisure: The American Coastal Sublime



Photographs - 4’ on the longest side.  

This series explores how landscapes near the ocean on the east coast of America transcend geography to become theaters of leisure.