MIXED MEDIA PAINTINGS & Works On Paper
About the works:
After observation, the first step in my creative process is the memory sketch, a spontaneous drawing using ink, acrylic, oil paint, graphite or charcoal; the imagery comes out of the chaos of memory, these are my archetypal images. I appropriate them in different iterations, medium, sizes and techniques throughout my practice.
To create the series of mixed media paintings entitled My Mandala, I have appropriated the ritual, therapeutic and storytelling use of the mandala in indigenous cultures throughout history. To make My Mandalas, I use my own artifacts and archetypal images, the motion of repetitive form, the written word, and earth elements such as sand and wood to create a landscape grounded in the mystic of nature.
The desire is to make a place of "one-ness" in the process of creating the mandala
that translates to the viewer as a place of inspired peace, a place of meditation.
The self-study is constant in my arts practice, and speaks of everyday encounters of intense inspiration. Moment, memory and the mystic of nature is always the muse as I create and appropriate lived experience by layering and collaging deconstructed visual elements that I illustrate, paint or photograph along with tactile elements created by nature that I gather on my journeys over land and sea.
DTS Collage- Deconstruct- & Seeds Mixed Media Collage is series of works created with elements from the limited edition "Different The Same" ( DTS) photo essay. These works are from a continuing series of mixed media paintings and works on paper. I use an intuitive process of appropriation, deconstruction and reconstruction to combine raw elements from my series of photo essays on; works in progress, installations, self-studies and nature studies. The muse is also the process, it is all about the process, the journey is in fact the destination.
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After observation, the first step in my creative process is the memory sketch, a spontaneous drawing using ink, acrylic, oil paint, graphite or charcoal; the imagery comes out of the chaos of memory, these are my archetypal images. I appropriate them in different iterations, medium, sizes and techniques throughout my practice.
To create the series of mixed media paintings entitled My Mandala, I have appropriated the ritual, therapeutic and storytelling use of the mandala in indigenous cultures throughout history. To make My Mandalas, I use my own artifacts and archetypal images, the motion of repetitive form, the written word, and earth elements such as sand and wood to create a landscape grounded in the mystic of nature.
The desire is to make a place of "one-ness" in the process of creating the mandala
that translates to the viewer as a place of inspired peace, a place of meditation.
The self-study is constant in my arts practice, and speaks of everyday encounters of intense inspiration. Moment, memory and the mystic of nature is always the muse as I create and appropriate lived experience by layering and collaging deconstructed visual elements that I illustrate, paint or photograph along with tactile elements created by nature that I gather on my journeys over land and sea.
DTS Collage- Deconstruct- & Seeds Mixed Media Collage is series of works created with elements from the limited edition "Different The Same" ( DTS) photo essay. These works are from a continuing series of mixed media paintings and works on paper. I use an intuitive process of appropriation, deconstruction and reconstruction to combine raw elements from my series of photo essays on; works in progress, installations, self-studies and nature studies. The muse is also the process, it is all about the process, the journey is in fact the destination.
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Selected Art Journals 1998-2020
Ancient manuscripts of any kind have always held a powerful fascination for me, the hand bound book is one of the visual elements that has been used by all cultures and religions throughout history, built with hand-made paper/papyrus, clay, stone, wood, reeds; these volumes were put together with an intent to tell a story, share information, convey a message.
with constant research on art and culture, I have discovered and appropriated many technical elements of the ancient practice of book binding and paper making from cultures throughout the world and received a master class on Bush-Paper making/sculpting techniques from an Australian textile artist in India. But well before that, I made the first hand-bound Art Journal over 27 years ago while at sea for a year, sailing the Caribbean, the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic, what grew out of simple necessity became fundamental to my arts practice. Each year since, it has been a means of storytelling, collecting and reflection for me and has grown into a codex of over 27 volumes of Art Journals in a time span that extends to over 20 years. The motion of repetitive form, the written word, and earth elements such as sand and wood create a visual narrative grounded in self, through the mystic of nature. The Art Journals are the alpha and the omega of my arts practice, a personal narrative, a direct window inside.
with constant research on art and culture, I have discovered and appropriated many technical elements of the ancient practice of book binding and paper making from cultures throughout the world and received a master class on Bush-Paper making/sculpting techniques from an Australian textile artist in India. But well before that, I made the first hand-bound Art Journal over 27 years ago while at sea for a year, sailing the Caribbean, the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic, what grew out of simple necessity became fundamental to my arts practice. Each year since, it has been a means of storytelling, collecting and reflection for me and has grown into a codex of over 27 volumes of Art Journals in a time span that extends to over 20 years. The motion of repetitive form, the written word, and earth elements such as sand and wood create a visual narrative grounded in self, through the mystic of nature. The Art Journals are the alpha and the omega of my arts practice, a personal narrative, a direct window inside.
