Here are a few of the pieces I’m bringing to show in France. As I worked to build a body of work for this show, I became aware that I was not in charge of the direction it was taking. Although it’s been a relatively short time, I feel my work and I have traveled some distance together. Much of the moody darkness of the earlier pieces has given way to work that is lighter and less substantial.
hub
“Hub” is about reviewing the circular nature of my life. I have ridden the years as they circle around a hidden axis, counting, remembering, and holding on for dear life.
departure
For me, “Departure” is about an impossible faith faced with the imposed limitation of gravity. Yet, the yearning to transcend is so strong that one is prepared to take off in the shakiest of contraptions.
intersections
“Intersections” brings to mind a life woven from thousands of intersecting events. The bird and the dervish intersect in an unfortunate encounter which brings the bird to ground rather than the dervish aloft. Again, the yearning to get off the ground can lead to some tricky situations.