Thistles and Glyphs
reconstruction of a fragmented pastoralAfter 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 framedAquinas (2017)
pigment print dimensions variableYoni (2018)
pigment print 26 x 40 inchesSCROLLS pigment prints, each approximately 15 x 48 inches
Breaking Fragonard’s Swing (2017)
Bather (2018)
There Should Be An Inner Clock (2017)
Avoid Disappointment and Future Regret (2024) pigment print on paper 125 x 75cm
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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