Paintings, Drawings and Assemblage Sculptures 1999 - 2001

This series of paintings, drawings, and assemblage sculptures began in Italy during a semester of independent study with Metropolitan State College of Denver. During that period my investigation was about the metaphysical nature of objects in relation to phenomenology and the theory of dark matter as discussed in physics. I was searching for a universal denominator and identifier of interconnection and interdependency that linked all things. The perspective that I visually experimented with was from inside the object at a microscopic level, thus reducing objects to dark floating amoebic shapes, signifiers of organic or inanimate objects with the understanding that all things posses vibrational frequencies at an atomic level. Lines, language and numbers represent a logical deduction, suggesting that all things are interrelated because they are measurable and definable when observed or experienced. Substrates are highly textured, breaking the stagnation of the flat and geometric symmetry of a canvas or wood panel surface. This gravitation to an undulating and less predictable organic surface promoted resistance and difficulty in achieving a hard or definitive edge during the painting process.      

 

 

 

 

 

 

Landscape As Object, 2001, paper, pumice gel, sand, graphite, and acrylic on wood. Triptych. 41x111 inches. 

 

Ens III, 2000, paper, pumic gel, modeling paste, burlap and acrylic on canvas. Diptych, 14x36 inches.

 

 

Information Column, 2001, wood, metal rods, newspaper and stain. 24x24x96 inches. 

 

 

Infinitesimal Object III, 1999, paper, sand, modeling paste, pencil and acrylic on canvas. 50x50 inches.

 

Internal, 2001, paper, pumice gel, modeling paste, pencil and acrylic on wood. Diptych. 36x30 inches.

Pythagoras IV, 2000, paper, pumice gel, modeling paste, pencil and acrylic on wood. 40x36 inches.

Edios, 2000, paper, pumice gel, modeling paste, burlap and acrylic on canvas. 44x35 inches.

 

Chronology of the Real, 1999, wood, metal rods, burlap, and ink. 14x23x8 inches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I, 1999, modeling paste, paper, pumice gel, and acrylic on canvas. 30x40 inches. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Res IV (Italy Series), 1999, pastel on paper. 9x11 inches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Struttura VI (Italy Series), 1999, acrylic on canvas. 12x16 inches.

Struttura III (Italy Series), 1999, acrylic on canvas. 12x16 inches.

Ponte Romano (Italy Series), 1999, acrylic and dirt on canvas. 12x16 inches.

Spire, 2000, acrylic, paper, pumice gel, modeling paste and pencil on wood. 36x36 inches.

Extrusion, 2000, acrylic, paper, pumice gel, modeling paste and pencil on canvas. 28x42 inches.

Res II (Italy Series), 1999, pastel and pencil on paper. 9x11 inches.

State, 2001, burlap, modeling paste and acrylic on wood. 22x26 inches.

Umano (Italy Series), 1999, acrylic and dirt on canvas. 12x16 inches. 

Infinitesimal Object II, 2000, acrylic, paper, pumice gel, modeling paste and pencil on canvas. 21x26 inches.

Infinitesimal Form I-XII, 1999, acrylic, paper, pumice gel, modeling paste and pencil on wood. Each 12x12 inches.