The Boxes began as an enclosure for the articulated winged figure of a dancing skeleton constructed of paper and wire (see The Cut #31 Gallery of Boxes). Pumping and releasing the wire repeatedly lifts and lowers the wings and jiggles the legs. The Box is constructed of basswood, digital images sourced from vintage picture books, hand painted illustrations, acrylic paint, LED footlights, archival papers and supports, museum glass, and a wooden frame.

 

​All succeeding Boxes including the "Moving through Walls" series and the recent mixed media follow a similar process, most having a kinetic feature rendering them interactive. Each box is a small diorama with a story to tell. Some content is contemplative, encompassing existential issues and hints of the multi-dimensional nature of being, while other content is less introspective, thematically lighter, created just for fun. Each is one of a kind, designed and constructed by the artist. To see the Boxes in action, click on the instagram logo below.

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The Pastels can be categorically grouped as either trees, skylights, or clouds. As landscapes, all three subject matter overlap, but each landscape focuses on one of these objects. I use the landscape as a platform on which I build a picture using intuition and internal dialog with self. What comes out on paper is the result of my always wondering forever meandering mind.

 

​The Paintings span the years 2010 to present.The subject matter continues its placement in the landscape, sometimes in nonlinear space. The trees and skylights remain along with geometry, letters and numbers, subjects that describe the universe and hint at the underlying forces that animate our world.​​