Inspired by toll-painted country-crafts and vinyl wall lettering after a return to the rural east coast of Canada, EAVESDROPPINGS is an ongoing assortment of text paintings that function as possible signs for the home. Country decor, home craft kits, toll painting and rural culture are examined alongside proverbs, spelling errors, malaprops and regional dialect to create paintings that occupy a space near so-called 'Primitive' décor and that which seeks make fun of it. 
The paintings investigate the strained rustic aesthetic of the modern residential spaces we construct through use of found lumber in various stages of decay and the application of the words painted on them. How do the words we choose to surround ourselves with function as part of the identities we create for ourselves? How do they operate as both proclamations of our individuality while retaining our positions as members of groups and subcultures? Does a psychopath inherently print letters differently than a kind-hearted grandparent?