Memory,
Longing,
Reinvention.
To understand the physical scale, the family farm, its house, barn, and silo, set on the edge of field or wood, are common points of reference to help define the magnitude of the rural landscape. And yet it is under the roofs of these structures, where life is lived, that memory inverts the sense of proportion and scale. Resetting the depth of field, what is in front of and what is behind the subject, forever changes what remains clear and what is blurred.
The vernacular of these works balances the tension between the emptiness between the viewer and the distant horizon with the structures, now made proximal, and the shadows they cast upon our lives.
The expanse of the landscape seems small when compared to the infinity of memory.
Hung out to dry, 16" x 16"
Float, 10" x 12"
Free Range, 14" x 17"
Tethered Heart, 11" x 15"
First Light, 14" x 17"
For a silver dollar, 12" x 10"
The Ravens, 12" x 10"
What lies beneath, 36" x 28"
Yellow Barn, 36" x 28"
Turn a blind eye, 30" x 60"
Love is a a ladder, 24" x 36"
Kinfolk, 30" x 24"
Counterweight, 36" x 30"
it was one night, 30" x 30"
Ascension, 24" x 30"
The Alembic of the Three Kingdoms, 60" x 36"
Cut the tangled strings, 30" x 24"
Greener Pasture, 30" x 30" (sold)
Ask the Angels, 44" x 33"
Against the wall, 32" x 36"
The secrets we keep, 24" x 30"
Requiem for a dream, 36" x 72" (sold)
Homestead, 40" x 60" (sold)
Memory plays tricks, 40" x 60"