The world map on the wall of my living room is gridded with creases. Folded lines, alternately raised and depressed, give the graphic image of earth a sense of dimension and emphasize the atmospheric light in which it hangs. It once reflected the dim glow from a courtyard in Brooklyn and was later raked by light from above a lane house in Shanghai. In my current work I am interested in the shifting significance an object or image undertakes as it changes locations. My paintings depict scenes and forms related to travel that are familiar everywhere I have lived yet specific in the places they signify. While this series started as still-lifes of items designed for mobility, it has shifted towards the visual language of the unfolded map. In my representations of photographic prints, I address their objecthood both through surface texture and cut-out drawings that offer further connections to ideas about home, travel, and exchange.