IF MEMORY IS A CHOICE, TIME IS A SPIRAL, WE STAPLED POSTERS TO THE COMMUNITY BOARD, A PACT, A FLOOR PLAN, A DEEP MAP, TO KISS AND KISS, FINAL BREATHS TAKEN BETWEEN TWO MOONS, THE SHAPES OF MY PAST, A RUBBISH LID THE SAME SIZE AS THE SUN, 250 MILLION YEAR OLD ROCKS AND A HEALTH CARE NOTICE

2025

Charcoal, Sand, Soil, Milk Paint,
Graphite, Clay, Oak Gall and Oil on Canvas

50 x 74 Inches

This painting was included in Strata Memory duo exhibition with Aaron Glasson

“Rutt’s process-driven abstract works are formed through an act of reverent tracing. Using charcoal, pigmented chalk, and milk paint she records elements from her surrounding landscape and personal life. Often working directly on the ground, she maps ancient rock veins and surface textures, the silhouette of a community bulletin board, a rusted trash can lid, her phone. These tracings transform both the mundane and the monumental into gestural maps that hold the dissonance of scale and time. Time itself acts as a collaborator within the work: canvases and materials are often left outside for months or years, allowing weather and decay to leave their own marks underscoring how time erodes, alters, and ultimately reinvents form.”

- Lobster Club