memento 2012
memento 2012
After experiencing the death of my mother to Alzheimer’s disease, the subject of my paintings transitioned from the things we think about, to the experience of how we think about them. Many of the same patterns, text, formulas and images that had inhabited my previous compositions battled one another for attention in my paintings. Performing like fading memories obscuring one another, they mixed fact and fiction, dream and reality and the richness of the past and the fearful void of confusion, isolation and emptiness. Visual ‘Noise’ obscures what once was known or should have been recognized, but is no longer familiar nor available.
Teacup Topology
Acrylic on canvas
35” x 35” x 3”
Bridle Knot
Acrylic on canvas
35” x 35” x 3”
Following a Path
Acrylic on canvas
35” x 35” x 3”
Helical Line
Acrylic on canvas
35” x 35” x 3”
Left Brain / Right Brain
Acrylic on canvas
35” x 35” x 3”
Feynman Diagram
Acrylic on canvas
35” x 35” x 3”
Bend and Bight
Mixed Media on Canvas
18” x 36” x 3”
Pull Taut
Acrylic on canvas
34” x 29” x 3”
And
Acrylic on Canvas
18” x 34” x 3”
Chain, Chain
Mixed Media on Canvas
32” x 52” x 3”
Mostly Nothing
Acrylic on Canvas
34” x 54” x 3”
Knot/Noise 3
Mixed Media on Panel
17” x 17” x 2”
Knot/Noise 5
Mixed Media on Panel
17” x 17” x 2”
Knot/Noise 6
Mixed Media on Panel
17” x 17” x 2”
Knot/Noise 7
Mixed Media on Panel
17” x 17” x 2”