Rescued From Obscurity
Poetry of the imagination is made up of all it receives of the obscure and the unconscious. - Robert Schumann
Constellations of the subliminal mind emerge in my art. Time, space and temporal existence are the orbiting ideas that combine an eclectic mix of found and collected ephemera, natural elements and created objects with optical components within carefully constructed assemblages.
Despite their relatively small size, the works consign thought to enduring truths and grand scales. Suites express discrete but related concepts where allusions to myth, to theatre, to historical, scientific and mathematical thought, to geography, and to the natural world are evident. Rescued from obscurity, the elements raise questions of a perceived existence within vast and expansive tableaux.
An artist’s work is a reflection of mind. Stones and bones alone mean nothing, but within a tightly circumscribed context, their interplay become expressive of endurance and fragility. Abstraction creates its own language and its own metaphysical dimension. Subjective dislocation in time and space is mediated and transformed through associative poetic understanding.
Time-bound though we are, we too can be momentarily rescued from obscurity.
Despite their relatively small size, the works consign thought to enduring truths and grand scales. Suites express discrete but related concepts where allusions to myth, to theatre, to historical, scientific and mathematical thought, to geography, and to the natural world are evident. Rescued from obscurity, the elements raise questions of a perceived existence within vast and expansive tableaux.
An artist’s work is a reflection of mind. Stones and bones alone mean nothing, but within a tightly circumscribed context, their interplay become expressive of endurance and fragility. Abstraction creates its own language and its own metaphysical dimension. Subjective dislocation in time and space is mediated and transformed through associative poetic understanding.
Time-bound though we are, we too can be momentarily rescued from obscurity.