Fine Art - Gallery exhibitions
the air we breathe 2023
Like many people, the environment is near and dear to me. It’s the water we drink, the earth we cultivate, and the air we breathe. When exploring ideas about how to best express my “concerns” with this place we all inhabit for just a short time, I recall this past summer when I underwent a medical procedure that required sedation, and subsequently oxygen assistance.
This past summer I was installing a walkway and had to remove some roots. I was reminded of the oxygen assistance and specifically, the tubes and how they resembled roots of a tree. Both give…aid…and assist…in life…
Over a decade ago, I stumbled across this factory outside of Moscow, Russia and was struck by the smoke and smog spewing from the stacks. This image stuck with me and was the final inspiration for “The Air We Breathe.”
I still ponder the interplay of these three elements… what do they mean, how do they resemble and contrast each other, and what is the interplay between them as we look through an old dirty window?
Past to presence 2023
multiple pieces, all single channel video
When exploring ideas about “Past and Presence,” I reflected on many past pieces that had been conceived that were never realized. One common thread I discovered was a consistency in my aesthetic and worldview that really hasn’t changed. Nature and one’s environment, and my desire for absolute attention in those settings, are two of those common threads. It is often an outlook that shows itself in a meditative way. I recall those moments of its original experience and that need for me to be absolutely present. With the incubation of the concept over many years (or decades), I recall that no matter when a particular piece becomes something more than an idea or a sketch, the need for my absolute attention returns, then and now. Surprisingly, I also find myself mentally and emotionally returning to that moment of its original inception.
downstream 2019
single channel video, founds objects, stream water
using material from a nearby stream, a tank of found objects from natural to pollutants from that very same stream, i explore how our impact on the environment has an effect “downstream” that often we cannot see. Juxtaposed within a polluted tank itself on a submersed monitor portrays images of natural beauty to, in contrast, further explore this notion.
Persons places and things 2017
multi-channel video, sound
“Persons places and things” explores the multifaceted nature of in-the-moment experience through documentation. through multiple screens, the random play of those moments and the interplay of sound with images creates a life upon its own and essentially a narrative that does not repeat itself.
Patterns Behind Creation 2015
single channel video
“Patterns Behind Creation” looks beyond the conventionalities of traditional film structure to creating a more visual experience involving rhythm of changing imagery that reflects a certain color and theme. Like a moving painting, the abstraction closely resembling Impressionism becomes part of my technique and the narrative itself.
Emotional Dimensions of the James River 2015
single channel video, music by Lincoln mitchell
Using infrared cameras to portray the James River in a unique way, a marriage between image and sound that takes the viewer on a methodical journey through emotions.
"Enlightened Abandonment" 2010
multi channel video- 30ft x 60ft surround sound design by Lincoln Mitchell
Using existing text on building, a site specific installation that explores the juxtaposition/struggle between spiritual awareness/enlightenment and the world of consumerism, materialism and consumption.
