Artwork > Flatland

Still working with the inspirations, constraints, and metaphors of the construction crane, in the Flatland series, I use a two-dimensional plane to explore the multi-dimensional possibilities of human perception. And to address ideas of self-referentiality and self-invention.

Through leaking margins, fracturing structures, breaking planes, and seducing the perceptions of the viewer, I've created a geometrical fantasy world. Within it, I further investigate the many contrasts and correspondences between natural and human creation – between the born and the made – all through a kaleidoscopic lens of crane components, vegetation, color field, and negative space.

The mandala-like pieces in Flatland form vortices, portals, that open onto other dimensions, other possibilities beyond the mundane. Womb-like gems and nexus suggest elements of natural creative forms, women's bodies, acts of breeding and the birth of shape and form. And finally to me, the artist, breathing life into these worlds.

Maiden Voyage
ink and acrylic on wall
Mantrap
acrylic and ink on paper
8 x 8"
Cultivated Area
acrylic and ink on canvas
30"x30"
Center Core
acrylic and ink on canvas
30 x 30"
Cradle
acrylic and ink on paper
16x12"
Fortress
acrylic and ink on paper
16x12"
Kink
acrylic and ink on canvas
12 x 12"
Center of Gravity
acrylic and ink on canvas
12x12"
Folding Cliffs
acrylic and ink on canvas
36 x 48"
Compass Flower
acrylic and ink on canvas
36x36"
Carrier of Ladders
acrylic and ink on canvas
36x36"
Man of Steel
acrylic and ink on paper
15 x 11"
The Sea in a Chasm
acrylic and ink on paper
15"x11"
Mirror, Mirror
acrylic and ink on paper
15 x 11"
Alcove
acrylic and ink on paper
15x11"
Manifiold
acrylic and ink on paper
15x11"
Black Widow
acrylic and ink on paper
15 x 11"
Time Warp
acrylic and ink on paper
15 x 11"
Spurt
acrylic and ink on paper
15x11"
Triangle of Tears
acrylic and ink on paper
15 x 11"
Intimate Abyss
acrylic and ink on paper
15 x 11"
Skyfall
acrylic and ink on paper
8 x 8"
4-Cylinder
ink and acrylic on wall
10ft x 22ft