May 2019

PARADISE LOST

With all due respect to John Milton, the inspiration for PARADISE LOST was not his iconic 1667 poem but rather the devastating 2018 Camp Fire which destroyed the town of Paradise, California. While the ending may be the same in both cases, and both were caused by human actions, there are differences. PARADISE LOST is a hand inked and hand pulled monotype and is intended to be a companion to my 2017 print WILDFIRE. $275.00

EB4D LOSS, REDEMPTION AND GRACE

I am very pleased to announce that jurors Jerry Cullum and Teresa Bramlette Reeves have invited my paper collage ARMED TEACHERS: WHAT CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG? into the “Loss, Redemption, and Grace” Exhibition at EBD4, 2382Chamblee Tucker Road, Chamblee, GA 30341 (just outside Atlanta). The Exhibition will open June 8, 2019 with an Artist’s Reception from 6:30 pm until 10:30 pm and will run until July 20, 2019. EBDA is open from 1 til 5 on Friday and Saturday and by appointment Monday thru Thursday. So, if you have a long lay-over in Atlanta it might be something to see.

GMO #37

GMO # 37 is a mixed media sculpture using a found object and hand built raku fired paper clay. Somehow, using a purely natural object (a piece of yew root), and something completely manufactured (paper clay), seemed the appropriate way to depict a “genetically modified object”. GMO #37 is part of a series of mixed media sculptural pieces I’m going to be concentrating on this year. For want of a better title, I’m calling it my “Look What I Found” Series.

Midnight Blues

MIDNIGHT BLUES is intended to be an ambiguous and amorphous; bringing different feelings to different people. To some it will evoke an exotic night sky; to others an end of day sadness, or the muted wail of a saxophone, while others will experience something else entirely or perhaps nothing at all. MIDNIGHT BLUES is a viewer’s narrative piece. A hand inked and hand pulled monotype it is matted and framed to 22” x 28”.

Prelude

PRELUDE, part of my “Look What I Found” series of sculptures using found objects and hand built paper clay elements, draws upon my “Rim of Fire” series for its inspiration. The pieces in the “Rim of Fire” series use stained glass and paper clay fired together to depict the early moments of a volcanic eruption. PRELUDE, as its name implies, is of an earlier moment: the clouds of ash are rising but the eruption has not started. PRELUDE is composed of distorted Styrofoam, handmade paper clay, resin, underglazes, and acrylic and enamel paints.