art

remanence

All life is born in stars, yet
Nurtured by the sun’s warmth
Even the inanimate awakes
While our shadows leave their mark
Trying only to understand

2007

e uno plures

Humans are pattern seekers- finding order in chaos, complexity in randomness.

Yet our eyes can deceive, and our minds misinterpret. We favor simple explanations over the messy and nuanced truth.

The notion that all objects and emotions arise from a mixture of Earth, Water, Air, and Fire was dogma. Charming. Compelling. Wrong.

The notion that human life is complex and too delicately balanced and sophisticated to arise from randomness is obvious. Compelling. And Wrong.

This piece explores the path from simplicity to complexity. Sequentially, visually and dynamically.

Constructed from plastic ribbons that bend when heated or exposed to bright light, each pillar displays one of six progressively more complex tableaus. Each just one small step removed from nothingness.

Six pillars of life.

e uno, plures

from one- many

2006

N:P:K 18:6:12

americans are infatuated with turf
in love with lawns
sappy about sod

our green suburban yards are among the biggest wastes of time and money, most damaging emitters of fertilizers and pesticides, and most foolish sinks of drinkable water imaginable.

N:P:K 18:6:12 is a lawn of a different color. Responsive to the sun. Waving softly in a breeze. A serrated threat to all who pass.

a call to action.

2007

diploria

thinking/ about global warming.
imagining/ the oceans absorbing a century of gases released from oil and coal
watching/ coral reefs wilt away

\fossil fuels transformed into plastics and paints
\to tell this story

2007

122468

A new perspective can imbue even simple photographs with powerful resonances, sometimes burning those images into our collective unconsciousness for a lifetime.

For a hundred years we've "known" - - at least intellectually - - that the earth floats silently in space. An island in the cold and vacuum. But that knowledge was intangible.

Until the Apollo 8 astronauts. They brought emotion to understanding with their now familiar image of earth - a "blue marble" suspended in a black void. Creating an icon for the 60's, and a symbol of our interdependence as a species.

Once again, it is a message worth repeating.

poured latex and oil paint on wood
two years drying time
two panels, three frames per panel
77 1/4" x 28 1/4"

1998-2000