Color is relational. Over the years, I have amassed an extensive personal image archive of different beaches around Rhode Island. This archive spans years, seasons, and times of day. I revisited these images and extracted the most common colors from each location.
Using a grid based on Irish quilt patterns — common in my Irish-American family and the larger Irish-American population of Southern Rhode Island — I created specific tile designs from the color swatches of each location I wished to represent, bringing them together in one larger piece.