City
July 15, 2010
36×36 Acrylic and Gold on Canvas
36x36Acrylic and Gold on Canvas
Los Angeles, California: A city of Creativity (gold) attempting to manuever it’s way through the grids of complicated, somewhat chaotic, pathways.
The heat, the lights, the random paths, the intensity, all combine to call out to the creative individual around the edges. Yet, so many are left on the fringes. Once the gold does penetrate the grid, it tends to conform to the path of chaos. The purity of the gold can become diluted or it can stand out from the rest of the colors when it adheres to it’s origianl path without becoming consumed.
Too Late to Cry
July 15, 2010
36×36 Acrylic on Canvas
36×36
Layered over historic symbols of Fascism, the Bull—representing financial institutions–charges from the lower right, into the red of power , as the Shark —representing the distruction of democracy without human conscience— moves beneath the surface to the Lower Right.
Red is the color of Power, War, Aggression, and in this case, Opression—as it dominates (almost suffocates) the upper canvas with it’s weight.
The combination of a Bull, trampling us, and a Shark, leaving a trail of damage in it’s wake, speaks to our present position, beneath unchecked power with limited capacity to rise up.
Significance of Man
May 24, 2009
Significance of Man
40×30 Acrylic and Gold on Canvas
To know we exist, we reflect upon that which is beyond us as something that resides within us. We aspire to be larger than that which we are, yet we contain our existence, we restrain our existence within the structures we create as a society.
Few truly reflect from their being, that which is higher than self. Only three (the number of creativity) lower squares reflect the higher circle.
Starving on Stained Glass
January 13, 2009
Starving on Stained Glass 40×30 Acrylic and Gold on Canvas
The Church has always announced itself as a friend to the poor.
So many seek food, shelter, and comfort in the faith based social services available when society does not care for the destitute. But to eat, you must first hear the diatribe while you wait.
Eyes of Fallen Kings
January 13, 2009
Eyes of Fallen Kings 36×36 Acrylic and Gold on Canvas
A true leader can see beyond the horizon of his own lifetime. There will always be the greedy and the power mongers beckoning. A great leader hears only the voices of the people he represents and considers their future beyond his reign.
In the Past
January 13, 2009
In the Past 36×36 Acrylic and Gold on Canvas
Passion lives in the present and in the future.
Sentiment can hold us prisoner to memories we generate in idealistic creativity. It appears beautiful in retrospect.
To continue the odyssey of our lives we must heed passion and hold sentiment as a treasure to carry forward with us.
Meeting of the Minds
January 13, 2009
Meeting of the Minds 36×36 Acrylic and Gold on Canvas
When people, from different paths, unite in agreement, in thought, in understanding, a spark ignites in the mind.
The spark can turn into a blaze when it finds the heart, where it can grow into action .
Village of Sleeping Truths
January 13, 2009
Village of Sleeping Truths 36×36 Acrylic and Gold on Canvas
Truth exists whether it is recognized or not.
Truth often sleeps in the shadows of well lit houses.
Truth can be found behind ghosts, if we do not settle for apparitions.
The Only Way Out
July 11, 2008
Bound to Earth by Wings
July 11, 2008
Bound to Earth by Wings • 36×36 • Acrylic on Canvas
Inspired by the original movie, Wings of Desire.
The wings of an angel represents the armor that protects that angel from human suffering.
To experience human suffering, passion, and feelings is also to experience love and life.
When an angel desires to experience human love, the armor falls to earth after him.
The wings of idealism are exchanged for the wings of love.
