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An
Experiment in Metaphor
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Crafting
The Schism (2007)
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A
woman saw an angel rushing towards her carrying a torch and
a bucket of water. "Where are you going with that torch
and that water," she asked, "what will you do with
them?"
"With
the water," the angel answered, "I will put out
the fires of hell, and with the torch I will burn down the
mansions of heaven; then we will see who really loves God."
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I chose a more ecclectic and androgynous figment
of angel and substituted the torch with a Molotov cocktail.
I didn't even bother with the bucket as sometimes the obvious
is more effective when omitted. A style that is out of character
with my usual detailed M.O., this piece was anger manifested.
After nearly 30 practicing years, I left the Catholic Church
Institution and took God with me [read
all about it]. I felt an emergency of self in expressing
my immediate feelings and this was the dark result. I needed
to get it out of my system. Self-excommunication has become
my key to enlightenment and having made peace with this long-time-coming
'divorce', I can now move on.
Approximately 18 x 20
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Asphyxia Opens
Pandora's Box (1996)
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I wanted to dazzle the eye with a fruit basket
o' colors, directional movement and a collision of nonsensical
and random objects. In the spirit of Another Wolf at Amethystine's
Door, I learned that people who asphyxiate can turn yellow
(I know, a bit grotesque). So I tinted the heroine's skin
as such. I spent much time and fun on this piece and it was
the first and only piece I've brought to life where I incorporated
an actual photo of myself....can you spot it?
Approximately 20 x 15
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The
Lunatic is in the Hall (1998)
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Extracting the
lyrics from a Pink Floyd song, Lunatic was actually a
final project for my college Drawing I class (required,
not requested). The teacher asked us to create a piece in the
style of the great Dutch artists such as Vermeer that reflected
our feelings about the class. I was bored with the basics of
the class. Did that come across here at all?
In comparison to my more detailed
pieces, I completed this airbrush and mixed media project swiftly.
I have received so many compliments on this particular piece.
Approximately
20 x 15 |
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A World
Away (1992)
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Flashback: I remember
working on this piece while I manned my own little summer rummage
sale in a small brick house that my parents rented out, but
at the time were between tenants. The
idea here was to convey the feeling of being in another time
and place. The Earth in the background emphasizes my plight.
There is sadness, though. The two lovers are resigned, in a
way.... Almost like hearing the alarm
going off during an absolutely beautiful dream, and trying to
block it out, trying to cling to that dream and wish it was
real, but knowing all too well that it is time to wake.
Approximately
8 x 10 |
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Untitled Figure
Study (1993)
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