agnus and the ocean

Like the ocean, you just go there and sit and look.

This in a nutshell is what eastern philosophy and art can be.

We look at the ocean in a primal way 9Perhaps we originally came from there,

or there is some other reason why we are so drawn to it)

Regardless as to why we are drawn,

we see in the ocean some kind of answer,

an assurance of, if nothing else,

that the universe is unfolding in it's cosmic mystery,

or that "life goes on" --some kind of peace or perspective about life--

--we look without the need for words,

infact

we are counting on the wordlessness to comfort us.
oh little wax panel

your not my friend

paper,mold and neon

bend
Happen to be

sailing on a cardboard sea

in a cardboard boat

toward heaven

ly
scrap heap
Here are some finished pieces. as the semester comes to a close

I am compelled to bring these creatures to a point of closer too.

the real deal

george sees it the other way, he also thinks "all good art is about process"

He convinced me it is true!

very very big 90x60

BIG IS BETTER!!!!!
swamp dump fungus
Bulldozer.midday.high summer
Fractured. Fragmented. Fucked
sailing on a cardboard sea

hello banana paper! I love you!

cavity gravitas

I have been combining the weaker pieces into fewer stronger pieces. it is amazing to realize in the deconstruction that what you are doing is creating more to construct. Maybe its not Amazing really but it seems that every move I make I generate more to work with. These pieces are held together with a cut tack grid. It looks quilted in this bad photo.
this is a canvas I cut off it's stretcher, something about the crisp straight edge was driving me crazy. It was all wheat-pasted but I ripped it all off, well almost all and I am preparing the surface to receive more layers but I think I breathed when I painted on the gesso and so may just leave it as is
This is one of the piles in my studio. Deconstructed
today was an incredibly productive day in the studio....for the past week or so I have been dilly-dallying. thinking mostly about what moves to make to bring this work to a close and prepare for the residency. I have been thinking intently on how I would like to present this work. I feel that last res my work was misinterpreted simply by the way I had chosen to present it. I am a stylist by profession and so I am inclined to STYLE and install.....I see it all as one. 98% of the work I have completed for this res is on paper. I'm not sure my idea is going to work and so am hesitant to give it a go. Plus I just finished my 5th piece of homemade pizza and I still want more.

the stenciled number may not be the right move for this one. I just love spray paint and stencils. we'll see, I don't think it will last or at least not be quite so noticeable.