Thistles and Glyphs
reconstruction of a fragmented pastoral
After Memling: A Jug of Flowers (2016)
monoprint: pigment print and oil stick, 30 x 48 inchesUp Needs Down Like Down Needs Up (2017)
Monoprint in two connected sections with an inlaid white gold leaf central line and wooden dowel "hitch" with wrapped embroidery floss. 34 x 52 inches framed
Aquinas (2017)
pigment print dimensions variable
Breath So Often Unfinished (2025)
pigment print 66x40 inches
Yoni (2018)
pigment print 26 x 40 inches
SCROLLS pigment prints, each approximately 15 x 48 inches
Breaking The Swing (2017)
Bather (2018)
There Should Be An Inner Clock (2017)
THISTLES AND GLYPHS reconstruction of a fragmented pastoral
Source Materials
1) randomized Biblical text fragment:
SEEM TO BE NOT HEAR THEREFORE RESTORE THE TOKEN OF THE CHILDREN AND FROM THEE OF THE LAND IN SILVER AND HE SOUGHT THY SEED I HAVE NOTHING TO PASS ON TO OUR FATHER'S HOUSE REPLENISH THE DROVES SAYING ALL FLESH WHEREIN IS STUBBORN AND HE MADE OBEISENCE TO HIS DREAMS AND FOR ME HE GIVETH GOODLY WORDS A DREAM BEHOLD HITHERTO THOU SHALT NOT AND THE HAND THE DOOR AND IT WAS CLOSED A FAIR WOMAN TO THEE BUT IF HE SAID I MAY BLESS THEE IN A POSSESSION OF MOURNING BOUND UP EARLY IN THE LAND WHERE ART MY SOUL AND HE KNELT AT THE GATE OF THE MOUNTAIN
2) random integers generated by atmospheric noise:
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
3) bitmap image fragments of moss, stone, water and flora
4) vector reconstruction of lost information through heuristic image tracing
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