Because a Man is Too Dark for
the Air
("...and so we leap, with disbelief that we are not things of the sky")
A
Movement of Travail
a declaration of the effect of suffering on
the human, painted on a real topo map.
Terra
Incognito Tactus
The
mysterious land of touch, still rather uncharted to any precision.
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-gouache & inks on
paper, 27 x 39 inches, 2011
Certainly you, too,
have felt like Magellan, setting sail upon those
treacherous, unknown waters of an inner exploration. Instant satellite
topographic imagery is no help to us here. Are we pioneering the
frontiers beyond the reach of measure? Beyond the intelligence of
measurement?
How
do we steer a course from mistrust to compassion? Where are the richest
deposits of beauty in this life? What deadly shoals await us at the
extremities of the passions?
The
early geographic explorers had
only the most crude, unreliable charts to go by, and sometimes– despite
blantant biases– they even found their way. But any map, no matter
how inaccurate, is still a diagram of possibilities.
Safety in the Clear and Present
Threat of Poetry
The poetic power of
art is the force, unlike the immediate
but ineffectual force of violence, that can change the world.
Lingua Tactus
Nebula, mixed
media, 28 x 36
The flattened model of the world of touch, updated with all the latest
discoveries.
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An
Exploration to the Absolute Edge
finding the leading edge of a life.
Muse Culture
Chart of the
artist's creative universe
As Are You, So Is the World,
created
for the Hermitage exhibition
The Vortex
of Enviable Romance,
searching for sizzle beyond the horizon.
The
Metaphysical
Maps series lays out seemingly accurate and precise
charts of internal experiences (that in messy reality lend themselves
to nothing like precision!), combining the aesthetics of antique maps
with the looseness of abstract expressionist painting.
Most
of these maps are available as prints in an exclusive limited edition
of 20 each.
Please
contact us for details.
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