Study for Gallery Displacement within Gallery, 2012,
oil enamel, acrylic and drafting paper on canvas,
36" x 30"

Coba Lime, 2008, screen ink on canvas,
102" x 54". Collection of Alter Hall,
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Temple Bar/Black 1/5, 2012, cast bronze with patina and wax, edition of 5, 2.5" x 14.25" x 1.75"

Temple Totem/Chaco,
2007, silkscreen ink
on wood, 86" x 6" x 6",
Collection of Alter Hall
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Temple/Grace, 2007,
silkscreen ink on wood and
cotton, 76" x 17" x 17"

Inclination, 2010, acrylic on canvas
with steel wire, 96" x 60"

Temple Bar/White 1/5, 2012, cast bronze with patina and wax, edition of 5, 2.5" x 14.25" x 1.75"

Temple Tower/Babel, 2008,
silkscreen ink and wax and 23K
gold leaf on wood, 27.5" x 6" x 6".
Collection of Richard Kelly, NYC

Temple Tower/Passage,
silkscreen ink and wax on
wood, 73" x 12" x 12"

Primitive, 2013,
adjusted found wool carpeting and linen on wire, 63" x 51" x 2"

Holy Roller/Curious Inclination, 2013,
adjusted found metal letters and steel wire, 75" x 62" x 3"

Lime Rose Blanket, 2013,
enamel on silk fabric, 60" x 60" x 3"

Broadway Drum and Base, 2013,
cotton, wool and linen on wire, 61" x 48" x 2"

Sublime Measure, 2013,
cotton, wool and linen on wire, 60" x 49" x 2"

Maymee’s Touch, 2013,
cotton, wool and linen on wire, 62" x 49" x 2"

Broadway Drum and Base/The Measure of Incremental
Progression, 2013, cotton, wool and linen on wire, 62" x 49" x 2"

Code, 2013,
cotton, wool and linen on wire, 62" x 49" x 2"

Native Tongue, 2013,
cotton, wool and linen on wire, 62" x 40" x 2"

Prayer Rug/Study in Black and White/Floats and
Orbs, 2012, found elements and steel wire,
76" x 43" x 6"

Tum Tum, 2012, Natural and dyed wool, acrylic
on wood, and found metal letter with steel wire,
104" x 70" x 4"

Holy Roller (Secrets Giving Way to Mystery), 2012, found metal letters and steel wire, 106" x 150" x 3"

Holy Roller/Box, 2013,
found and adjusted metal letters and steel wire,
29" x 22" x 2"

Palermo Boys/Times of the Day, 2012,
acrylic on wood with steel wire, 88" x 72" x 3"

Tulum/Frida’s Candor, 2012,
oil enamel on silk with steel wire, 96" x 70" x 3"

Ceremonial Blanket/Site Map 3, 2011,
oil enamel on fabric with steel wire, 98" x 146" x 5"

Puff Posse, 2012, natural and dyed wool with steel wire, 96" x 96" x 3"

Given: 1. the blossoms, 2. the grid, 2012,
cast bronze with copper wire, 73" x 54" x 6"

Holy Roller/Keep, 2013,
found and adjusted metal letters and
steel wire, 39" x 30" x 2"

Morphic Form, 2012, latex tubing and wire, 68" x 72" x 18".
Private Collection Philadelphia, PA

Cotton Ball, 2013, acrylic on cotton, 9" x 9" x 9"

Orange, Red and Grey Orb, 2013,
acrylic on linen on wire, 15" x 16" x 14"

Coral in the Bundle, 2013,
acrylic on linen over steel wire, 17" x 15" x 13"

Red Linen Rose, 2013,
acrylic on linen over steel wire, 16" x 17" x 11"

Blue Bronze 1/Rose Heart, 2012,
cast bronze with copper wire, 13" x 13" x 9"

Blue Bronze 1/Rose Heart, 2012,
cast bronze with copper wire, 13" x 13" x 9"

Nesting Roses 3, 2012,
oil enamel on silk with steel wire, 7" x 7" x 7"

Red Heart, 2012, oil enamel on cotton
with copper wire, 13" x 13" x 9",
Private Collection Philadelphia, PA.

Yellow Heart, 2012, oil enamel on silk with copper
wire with patina, 13" x 13" x 9"

Ceremonial Array, 2009, glazed ceramic elements,
cotton cloth, steel wire with screen ink and 23K
gold leaf on wood, 100" x 59" x 59"

Nest, 2009, polished marble and
steel wire, 96" x 48" x 22"

Line of Thought, 2010, mixed media
with steel wire, 96" x 128" x 128"
(size varies with site)

Aspects of the Rabbit Hunt, 2010,
mixed media with adjusted found objects,
56" x 24" x 38" (size varies with installation)

Ceremonial Blanket/Heart of Jasper, 2010,
screen ink and oil on wood and cotton with
found printed metal elements and steel wire,
37" x 24.5" x 4"

Ambiguity Blinking, 2011,
acrylic on found basket and wood,
46.5" x 2.5" x 2.5"

Banded Posts (set of 4), 2012, acrylic on wood, 36" x 4" x 4"

Devotion, 2010, screen ink and wax on wood
with cloth and wire, 73" x 13.5" x 25"

Devotion, 2010, screen ink and wax on wood
with cloth and wire, 73" x 13.5" x 25"

Mimesis (larger
version), 2009,
steel wire with
screen ink on wood,
96" x 11" x 14"

Ceremonial Shield/Mud Head, 2009,
steel wire with screen ink on
wood and cloth, 76" x 36" x 15"

Banded Sieve, 2013,
acrylic on wood with steel wire, 24" x 24" x 24"

Mimesis (smaller version), 2009, steel wire
with screen ink on wood, 96" x 11" x 14"

Thunderbird, 2010, screen ink on
cloth and wood with steel wire,
108" x 60" x 32"

Poppa Arrangement, 2010, screen ink and
23K gold leaf on wood with steel and
steel wire, 108" x 55" x 48"

Dart, 2010,
acrylic on wood with wax, 60" x 4" x 16"

Ceremonial
Mask/Talisman, 2009,
steel wire with
screen ink on wood,
72" x 12" x 5"

Elements:
Temples, Blankets, Orbs, Roses and Elements

Elements constitutes a selection of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional works with an emphasis on the sculptural. Thematically, the first part of Elements is a selection of images and elevations of Temples and temple galleries, the iconography that forms the locus of this body of work. Within these metaphysical/metaphorical/conceptual galleries are located the ceremonial Blankets, Orbs, Roses and Elements that the Banded Men (see Photography section of this website) utilize in guiding journeying souls through the Temple passage.

Temples

My temples are a meditation on the moment and the childlike wonder of imagining our journey through a passage. As a child, I remember going through long tunnels on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and wishing the experience would never end. Life is such a passage...from one perspective a long journey...from another a flash.

In these works shown in this space, I have also crossed between media mixing drawing, sculpting and printing techniques to describe numerous temples. Each temple, like each of us, is different yet similar.

Images of me building little houses in the woods and by the streams near my childhood home in Kentucky also pass through my mind as I work. Nature and art are inseparable in my mind...art being the human manifestation of the former. As an artist, what I attempt to do is set up parameters in each work that allow processes to unfold, including mishaps, that reveal the antics of nature. Marks, graining and knotholes in wood; paint drips, smudges and erasures; the apparent random bends, twists and reshaping of wire, and the beautiful perfection of worn surfaces activate these works.

Lastly, quite a few of the works in this show incorporate discarded "refuse" from our consumer culture...most notably automobile tires. Even though my home is solar powered, my car is small, gets good gas mileage and has low emissions, and my carbon footprint is relatively small, I know I have stressed my environment. I have actually pulled some of the tires for this show out from under piles of dirt to clear the site and to reclaim them in the name of art. It is a tiny, and some might argue ridiculous action, but I humbly submit for your viewing a monument both to our wastefulness and to our ability to be resourceful in the name of art and nature.

Blankets
Orbs
Roses
Elements