sun-up monument 2022.
A video montage of pinhole digital photography stills. (to be played on a loop)
The photos are of a chunk of Alabama marble and the cotton fields in the area around Jay, Florida, historically known as a “Sun-down town.” Photographed at different times between 2021-2022, this piece is a memorial to those affected by the troubled history of this land and an attempt to heal and reclaim the space as a sacred place.
the unified field (a meditation) II
2021
24" x 18" x 1.5"
Urethane, local minerals, pigments, mirror paint, mixed media on wood panel.
other icons, diptych
2020
14" x 22.25" x 1.5" installed.
Urethane, local minerals, pigments, glass, mixed media on wood panel.
other icons, diptych (detail)
other icon, cloud
2020
21" x 17"
Alabama cotton plant ash, mirror paint on cotton rag paper.
empty plinth I (monuments to emptiness series)
2020
24" x 18" x 1.5"
Urethane, Alabama Shale, Alabama Chalk, Porcelain, Glass, Copper Oxide, Pigments, and attached carved Alabama White Marble, on Wooden Panel.
empty plinth I (monuments to emptiness series) (detail)
empty plinth II (monuments to emptiness series)
2020
18" x 14" x 1.5"
empty plinth II (monuments to emptiness series) (detail)
other monolith, triptych (monuments to emptiness series)
2020
12" x 27.5" x 1.5" installed.
Acrylic, local minerals, glass, graphite, mixed media on wood panel.
other monolith, triptych (monuments to emptiness series) (detail)
democracy machine (after the remains of a kleroterion)
2020
In Ancient Greece, by a random process of selection using a Kleroterion, people would be accepted or rejected for council, state office, or jury service.
14" x 17" x 7" installed
Alabama white marble, church fan handle wood, found copper pipe, porcelain, reclaimed wood..
other temple I
2020
21" x 17"
Alabama cotton plant ash, mirror paint on cotton rag paper.
other temple II
2020
21" x 17"
Alabama cotton plant ash, mirror paint on cotton rag paper.
other temple III
2020
21" x 17"
Alabama cotton plant ash, mirror paint on cotton rag paper.
tabula rasa
2020
Each "sign" is 21.5" x 29" x .5
Porcelain, ceramic glaze made with locally found Alabama minerals, epoxy, steel and acrylic.
tabula rasa (detail)
tabula rasa (detail)
echo in the firmament II
2020
36 " x 48.5" x 2"
Acrylic, pigments, local minerals, graphite, Alabama clay, rust and mixed media on panel.
echo in the firmament II
(detail)
echo in the firmament
2019
18" x 12" x 2"
Acrylic, graphite, Alabama clay, rust and mixed media on panel.
echo in the firmament (detail)
the unified field (a meditation) 2019
132" x 60"
Acrylic, mixed media on un-stretched Alabama cotton canvas.
the unified field (a meditation) detail
sacred harmonics landscape
2019
40" x 24"
Acrylic, graphite, Alabama clay, rust, mixed media on cradled panel
sacred harmonics landscape (detail)
apparition field I (pilgrimage vision)
2018
72" x 52"
Mixed media on unstretched Alabama cotton canvas.
apparition field I (pilgrimage vision) (detail)
apparition field II (pilgrimage vision)
2018
36" x 52"
Mixed media on unstretched Alabama cotton canvas.
apparition field II (pilgrimage vision) detail
recitations
2018
Various sizes. Approximately 36 in. x 14 in. installed.
Inspired by Tantirc Hindu painting. Local clay, found minerals, lapis lazuli, rabbit-skin glue and mixed media on sanded McDonald's billboard paper.
recitations (detail)
chalice
2018
12 in. x 9 in. x 7 in.
Unfired local clay, brick, “Haint-blue” paint, gold leaf.
(Haint-blue is the color traditionally used on Southern American houses to “keep the spirits away.”)
chalice (detail)
altarpiece
2017
Approx. 72 in. x 52 in. installed
Center panel: Asphalt, metal, and local clay on panel. Side panels: Porcelain and wood. Collages: Duct tape, Xerox transfers and gold leaf on paper.
altarpiece (detail)
altarpiece (detail)