Sea Glow

GUAISHI

Guaishi, the Japanese word for contemplation stone.  Contemplation stones are formed by nature into intricate shapes and set on man made bases.  They are prized and inspire thoughtfulness.  I have produced a "stone" of fragile material set on a natural stone.  Will this encourage thoughtfulness of a fleeting kind about the subject of impermanence?

CANYONLANDS

Chunks of layered wax convey the canyons of the southwest and in a way, the dwellings concealed within them.

SUNSET

SUNSET--the gilt background belies the obviously tattered and aged Native American cloth. Though tattered, the gilt frame emphasizes it's precious.  Does the title ask the question, "who's Sunset?"

Ribbons & Tatters III

Layers of encasustic embossed with it's own remnants blown by the wind.

Ribbons & Tatters II

Tatterd gaily printed ribbon- like encaustic forms mounted on board 

Ribbons & Tatters

. By floating the forms from the background, they become more fragile and more like the natural way things disintegrate--allowing external skins to become forms in their own right with color, depth and layers

From the Woods

LOOSELY BOUND

MESSENGER

FRAGMENT

This collage uses handmade paper, incised marks and small hematite beads.

REBUTTAL

VEILED RESPONSE

A collage using papers and wax, a change from the 3D pieces. The work is less intense from a constructing point of view, but the subject title is more whimsical.

BREEZES III

Breezes I through V

Are the objects laundry, curtains blown in a window or merely windblown scrap? The contorted shapes are full of motion and conflict, unanchored. What propels them?

BREEZES II (RT VIEW)

BREEZES II

BREEZES

ALASKAN QUARTET

Alaska--mammoth and majestic mountains, unlimited clear water, dense gnarly forests, ancient glaciers.

This is a place of power and serenity, fragility and eternity. Dichotomy is everywhere. There is a silence so intense minus the ambient noises of cities and suburbs and yet raucous with the sounds of the earth trembling with unseen chasms, the glaciers shuddering, cracking and breaking; water gushing, crashing and burbling; forests alive with wind and animal sounds.

I’ve illustrated these contrasts with durable substrates, flexible encaustic medium and fragile hand made papers also positioning color against the lack of it and dark against light like the land which huddles in the dark of winter and explodes with light in summer.