Cracked

A sculpture I made baked in a sunny window till it cracked. Broken pieces have a way of finding new homes - if that old favorite hadn’t cracked, I’d never have made this.

Queens Rising

Proud to be a Queens artist in our country’s most diverse city and our city’s most diverse borough, “The World’s Borough” This is borough wide festival so google “Queens Rising” for events, locations, times and more! I will have 5 artworks on display with 7 other artists at Fitzgerald Studio. You are invited.

Crushed

Using crushed, painted corrugated to build my architecture, these constructions with their deep shadows, sense of space, rough textures and humanistic qualities are my psychic architecture projecting an image creating a metaphor.

Rip it Again

During the pandemic and unemployed I had lots of time to make stuff. Experiment, rip it up, try again, tear it up, try something else. Stuff started to happen and at times the work seemed to make itself. Sports psychologist call this being in the zone, “The zone is simply a mental state of total focus in the present moment. We call this being “immersed” as it indicates you don’t worry about outcomes or are not distracted when you perform. You trust your skills and react without worry, doubt, or fear about results.”

Confronting Demons

“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness…”

August Wilson

This is a contemplation work: complexity, shifting perspectives, shadows and camouflage countered with yellow concrete x 4. Yellow a symbol of joy and energy and 4 representative of wholeness. Forgiveness = freedom = wholeness.

There Is No Script

For this month’s studio sculpture study installation, I couldn’t say it better than this: “Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art” – Charlie Parker

Mail Art

This layered, collaged and painted puzzle piece is my contribution to “We are all connected” mail art project. The surface is rough and not too refined for an emotive, human quality befitting the project title.

Three

Please support @fairshareartauctions earthquake relief fundraiser. My donation is a contemplative two sided painting “Three” of spiritual symbols. The reverse has Joss paper for remembrance and circle for prayer. All proceeds from my donation will go towards relief. Ends Feb 25th 2023

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