My recent work is based on extensive observations of clouds and waves. Rather than a literal depiction of these phenomena, the artwork represents the experience of sustained attention interwoven with a free-associative state of mind that is induced when you look at nature very carefully.
Contradictory geometries materialize and dissipate, while fragments of memory intermingle with imagined structures. The art pieces embody a form of dream logic, positioning the viewer as an active participant in the creative process.
Approach these artworks as you would observe clouds and waves outdoors. Allow yourself to become immersed in their geometric complexity, and remain attentive to the unexpected pathways your thoughts may explore.
Reference Frames
A collection of possible approaches and branching paths:
hallucination
It’s an innate compulsion. You can’t stop interpreting. There’s a racoon over in that corner. No, it’s a dog. No, it’s a broken flowerpot. Up close, it’s definitely a broken flowerpot. Your mind projects ideas until it finds the best fit. There’s a flash of vertigo when one hallucination is swapped out for another.
irreal
You know that the earth is a rotating sphere, but it does not feel that way. You’re standing on a fixed, flat, solid, earth where the sun rises and sets. Physics, chemistry, psychology – they tell you your intuitive version of what’s ‘real’ does not line up with the facts. This contradiction evokes the feeling or irreality.
mind’s eye
The mind’s eye keeps things simple; glosses over the details. Test yourself. Focus on the motion of waves on water. Try to decipher the structure. Follow just one wave. You’re soon overwhelmed! It’s nothing like the simplified version you thought you knew. You weren’t really seeing at all.
time traveller
Clouds are a catalyst for time travel. Wander through childhood rooms; reconnect with old friends. You go wherever and do whatever you want. Clouds set you free to float through time and space.
singularity
You go back and forth. You see the surface, the material, lines, shapes, and textures. And then it flips. You see through the surface to a world beyond, the illusion of another place. You can return across this threshold, but you can never stop at a single point where you see both at the same time.
future past
These clouds. These waves. They are unique and fleeting; ephemeral. And yet eternal. Clouds flew above the earth long before there were people and will continue long after we are gone. Each wave follows the pattern of all its ancestors and descendants.
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