Sophocles
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ophocles, one of the great playwright/tragedians of ancient Greece, wrote over 123 plays. Only seven have survived. Those plays include […]
Assemblages
This is a series that I’ve been working on for a while. I buy deep antique frames and fill them with layers of clear resin and images that I have meticulously cut out with a scalpel. I can achieve the illusion of remarkable depth, sort of like the forced perspective of baroque stage sets. I think of these as shadow boxes with views of weird, slightly ominous dreams.
Torrent
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] deep resin piece where I float a gilded skull and a silver cube. Bubbles and turbulence (both real and
Cavern
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]erhaps this reliquary series can be linked to “cabinets of curiosities” or the studiolos of the Renaissance where unusual and
Reflection
[dropcap]I[/dropcap] am currently working on some deep boxes that allow me to use real objects in the compositions. Inside the
Oberon
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne of my Baroque stage, deeply layered resin pieces. Oberon was the king of the fairies in A Midsummer Night’s
Pax
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his piece shows the first time I started to inlude objects in the layers of resin.
Ophelia
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ased on the tragic character from Hamlet. With thanks to J.W. Waterhouse’s great painting.
Enfilade Series
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t Versailles, when the mobs came for Marie Antoinette she barely escaped by slipping through a hidden door in her
Palazzo Enfilade
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]art of my on-going fascination with Venice. This enfilade is made up of several rooms in different palazzos.
Barbaro Enfilade
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]art of my series on enfilades. This one is made up of several rooms at the Villa Barbaro, one of
La Vallière
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his image is composed in layers cut out with a scalpel. Each layer is separated from the other with clear
Paolo and Francesca
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nother Baroque stage set in resin, Paolo and Francesca are two lovers from Dante’s Inferno.
Homeboy
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]art of the ongoing Baroque stage set resin series, Homeboy represents being out of one’s element. A study in incongruity.
The Hunt
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]art of the baroque set resin series. The Hunt was the first of this series and shows a wren pierced
Icarus
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]art of the Baroque stage series. Icarus fell from the sky when his wax wings got too close to the
Apollo
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne in a series of baroque sets encased in layers of clear resin. Unexpected imagery, dreams and hallucinations.