Thursday, February 28, 2008

will work for money


"Sub Atomic Ladder" epoxy collage on wood panel. 2007. SOLD



"Funnel Grid" acrylic on wood panel, 48" x 48" 2007. SOLD

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

in the studio 2-26-08




"Hominid" epoxy collage on wood panel, 24" x 24" 2007




Tuesday, February 19, 2008

"Tammy"


I spotted Tammy making her getaway from the dollar booth at the Florence SC Super Swap Meet... Good luck Tammy.

"Babirussa"

"Babirussa", oil stick on paper, 6' x 5', 2008, (work in progress)

Heads

charcoal on paper 18" x 24" each, 2008.






Monday, February 18, 2008

"Lux Natura"

colored pencil stick on bristol board, 10" x 10" each , 2008. Lux Natura is defined as the "the spiritual radiance underlying nature".



Saturday, February 16, 2008

"Brujo"


"Brujo" is a collage made of 360 4x6 photographs and epoxy. 2008.

New Mixed Media

"Transparent Skeleton Smoke 2" mixed media epoxy collage on panel, 48 " x 48", 2007

"Consensual Dreaming" mixed media epoxy collage on panel, diptych, 12" x 18" each, 2007

"Morphic Resonance" mixed media epoxy collage on panel, 48" x 48", 2007

"Holographic Fossil" mixed media epoxy collage on panel, 24" x 24", 2007, (SOLD)

"Pattern Searching Animal" mixed media epoxy collage on panel,(detail) 48" x 48", 2007

"Pattern Searching Animal" mixed media epoxy collage on panel, 48" x 48", 2007

"Wolf Pyramid" mixed media epoxy collage on panel, 36" diameter, 2007 (SOLD)


"Tundra Smoke" mixed media epoxy collage on panel, 20" x 30" each. 2007
(left panel SOLD)

Friday, February 15, 2008

"Beta"

"Beta" is a collage made partly of photographs I took of the Wizard of Oz directly from the TV as I watched the movie.
epoxy collage on wood panel, 48" x 48" 2007

Thursday, February 14, 2008

"Gift" drying


"Gift" is part of a new series along with "Souvenir" and "Memento", which will be featured shortly. Materials for these wall hanging pieces include crab shells, wood, fiberglass, epoxy and fireworks. "Gift" is approx. 90" x 6". In naming it gift I was partly inspired by Man Ray's "Gift"(below). I have always admired his work and think of him as true pioneer and role model as a mixed media artist. He was apparently an interesting character as well, photographing and becoming involved with a long list of the artists and musicians of his time. He also was driven by a self-described pursuit of "liberty and pleasure"....nice:



Here are some more views of my "Gift" (pictured with "Brujo" 6.5' x 9.5' epoxy on 360 4x6 photographs):

preparing crab shells for new sculpture


Shaman:Museum of Natural History, New York

Crab: Museum of Natural History, New York

The night

Mobile Test: Museum of Natural History, New York

"Hominid"


epoxy collage on wood panel, 24" x 24" 2007

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

"Cave"

I made "Cave" in late 2007. It consists of a self portrait video and found images and sounds.



A lot of my work deals with ideas of the "internal landscape": where it begins and ends and where it overlaps with "reality". Most of what I produce is not fully visualized beforehand. What I see when I close my eyes is still very elusive and probably fuels much of my drive to continue making things. A lot of artists talk about this type of channeling of information versus seeing a completed product and then fabricating it. Even when I visualize a complete image it tends to want to be woven into something else. It is a third participant in that way, straddling the area between what I think about and what becomes concrete.

Pattern Searching Animal Blog

This blog is an experiment. I will be posting and discussing new ideas, works in progress, and things that inspire and happen to me. It will also feature news and upcoming events at Studio/Gallery 6.