I am greatly interested in the parallels between the new physics
and metaphysics. I work mostly with charcoals on etching paper,
as well as oil on canvas, and am currently enjoying participating
in several recent print portfolios. My work is figurative, with
a great respect for the abstract forces that shape our perception.
In working with the icons of the dressmaker's form, the Styrofoam
cup, and the chair, I have begun an exploration in containers,
or better, vessels. This has led me to the mannequin as being
a template over which we project our ideals.
The star charts are a reference to our tendency to order our
thoughts, and the subsequent way our ordering and our thoughts
become enmeshed. This is the crux of the new physics, that our
intentions and the ensuing results are interrelated. The idea
that we attempt to define our reality inescapably shapes that
reality, that we are not the passive observer is translated in
the way the star charts become imbedded in the imagery of the
painting and the drawing.
In the mannequin series I was intrigued by the personalities
portrayed in the figures. The idea that; the mannequins must
have been influenced by the existence of real people, and the
way this influence was retranslated into neither human, nor mannequin,
nor equivalent summation, intrigues me. This, coupled with the
seemingly elevated position of the idealized figure in respect
to the viewer and the gilt frame, has led me back to the metaphysical
idea that our bodies are indeed vessels, or vehicles for our
souls.
The latest works tend to further explore the parallels of
the various containers and the psychological environments, of
our intentions.
