Monthly Archives: January 2010
Chromascape 9
January 20, 2010
Chromascapes and Changes
I had been titling my recent works “freescapes” which I think was always a stand-in title, so today I gave it some thought. Sticking with the “scapes” thing was worrisome to me, coming out of my forestscape works, but these recent works are not a huge departure. I wanted to be honest to what they [...]
No Dead Artists 2010
I am pleased to announce that “Chromascape 7″ has been selected by a prestigious jury for the No Dead Artists 14th Annual Exhibition at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans.
January 10, 2010
Macro vs. Micro
One issue that has been consistently problematic for me in my work has been the distinction between macro and micro in my more abstract pieces. The question is: are we looking at something from very far away, or up close? Is it a galaxy, landscape, or cells under a microscope? In organic abstraction, many of [...]
January 2, 2010
Tworkov
“A conceptual work- one which followed completely a predetermined course of design-as happens in the fields of design, belongs essentially to theory and critism and not to art as such…” -Jack Tworkov (excerpt from a 1968 journal as printed by Art in America book review Dec. 2009) Jack Tworkov (1900-1982) was one of the founders [...]
