New Work at Blue Whole Gallery through March 28, 2016

Columns and Pyramids

These recent wood and resin works consist of a series of columns and pyramids. The columns are comprised of different panels of drawings and/or abstract color “paintings.”  Several of them are lit from inside.  The pyramids range in size from desktop to large ones that are best viewed on the floor. The classic shape of a pyramid is a reminder of humankind's need to create.  

GHOST IN THE MACHINE (foreground); MENU (background)

STARLIGHT, colored resin on wood frame, ~30 x 30 x 20," 2015, SOLD

MATRIX with Mike, resin, drawing, wood, 77 x 12 x 12," 2015, SOLD

             STORY BOARD, 24 x 24 x 16," drawing, resin, wood, with Bob the cat, $950.

                                                        STORY BOARD, another view

LIGHT WOOD, drawing, rein, wood, 46 x 12 x 12," SOLD

CROSSROADS, resin and wood, ~30 x 30 x 22," 2015, SOLD

STACK, resin and wood, 71 x 13 x 13," 2015, SOLD

Drawing and Resin

These new works are drawings encapsulated in epoxy resin.  They are about my interest in relationships between the "stars" of art history, e.g. skulls, skeletons, and the knots that bind them together.  It is similar to amber embedding bits of history.

EARTH ANGEL, drawing and resin, 11.5 x 13," 2016, SOLD

THE LETTER, drawing and resin, 13 x 11 1/2," 2016, SOLD

HEAR NO EVIL, 8" x 14," drawing and resin, 2016, SOLD

MONA'S SISTER, drawing and resin, 11 x 13," 2016, SOLD

MONA STRIKES A POSE, drawing and resin, 9.5 x 11.5, 2016, SOLD

INVISIBLE MAN, drawing and resin, 11 1/4 x 13 3/4," 2016, SOLD

GOOSE DREAM, 11 1/2 x 13," drawing and resin, 2016, SOLD

Upcoming Exhibit at Dungeness Design

Drawing and Resin: New Work

               KNOTTY PROBLEM, 8 1/4" x 8 1/4"; pen, paper, glitter, wood, resin, 2015, $50.

    

    MARKS,  7 1/4" x 7 1/4"; charcoal, colored pencil, paper, wood, resin, 2015, SOLD

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             ART OPENING,  8 1/2" x 8 1/2"; pastels, charcoal, ink, wood, and resin, 2015, SOLD

                             BLUE X, 7 1/4" x 7 1/4"; ink, wood, resin, 2015, SOLD

 

    

About the Cabinets

These works are part of a series that I started in 2011.

I am interested in the ritual uses of furniture, particularly cabinets.  The cabinet format, with its drawers and hidden spaces that might hide closely guarded secrets/objects, seems to me, a fascinating path to investigate.  The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a German horror film of 1920 was an initial inspiration.

Are these objects art or not?  Do I call them sculptures or furniture?  I really don't care.  The difficulty of categorizing these pieces is part of what attracts me to make them.  I enjoy the tension between functionality and form in space.  I think they are interesting just sitting there whether the doors and drawers open and close or not.  Watching people, especially children, interact with these works is especially rewarding for me.

The works are made of hardwoods, drawn and painted elements, colored epoxy, found objects, hinges and casters.  

Thanks for looking.

Recent Work

A few cabinets, shown recently at Northwind Art Center in Port Townsend, WA.  They are made of various hardwoods and colored resin.  They are containers for objects, attitudes, dreams, fishing flies.

                                                    Town House, 53" x 27" x 15"    SOLD.

                                      Simple Pleasures, 64" x 24" x 25"       SOLD.

                                                               Blue Moon       SOLD

                                                 Rambler, 39" x 20" x 16"        SOLD.

Chiseler, 28" x 13" x 13"           SOLD

Robo, 50" x 23" x 15"               SOLD.

                                                             Ebb & Flow     SOLD 

                                                            Carmen Miranda        SOLD