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Murder in the Court of the Katydid King, ink on paper, 8" x 12," 2009
In this image I created a narrative existing in world where plants and animal forms combine and blur. Though inspired by existing forms from things like insects, fungus and plants, the forms are entirely imaginary.
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Chimera, ink on paper, 35" x 45
In Chimera, the macro and micro coexist in one simultaneous experience. There are some clues to scale but these quickly collapse under scrutiny. The Chimera itself is a reinterpretation of the idea of a chimera rather than a strict traditional representation of a Chimera. Chimeras are symbolic of catastrophe and breathe fire. In this case the Chimera breathes a life-giving fire which ignites the fecundity of nature causing an explosion of limitless form. In this, the Chimera is also Proteus which can tell the future but changes form repeatedly to avoid having to do so.
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The Dust Mill, ink on paper, 2009
This image is a meditation on the passage of time. It started with a sketch of the pregnant figure on the left. The last addition was the sowbug over the head of the figure of death, representing the imposibility of hiding from time's passage, throught the appendages tentatively emerging from beneath the armor.
The piece is 12" x 9" and done in the pointist style using a Rapidograph pen. Each square inch of this image took approximately 1 hour to complete.
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The Bellman, ink on paper, 2009
I have had tinnitus since a very nasty childhood fever stole the hearing in one ear. The Bellman is about tinnitus and deafness. The Y shape of the Bellman represents the process of interpreting sound, deciding it is one thing or the other. The secondary left hand figure attempts to hear, his form a misinterpretation. On the right, the deaf girl cannot hear the cry of the child in her arms, not realizing it is no child at all.
This piece is 9" x 12".
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