“Illuminate”
“There is a sense of sacredness and security seeing the light illuminating the dark.”
“There is a sense of sacredness and security seeing the light illuminating the dark.”
Art-Centric and Poetic One of the first people I spoke to about my idea and vision of hosting “art-centric” events was poet Shawnte Orion. We posed in a “make-shift” shadowbox for this photo. I think it is a photo by Jia Oak Baker. Now a couple of years later, we are working on the spoken-word…
The ethos of the desert is present in my work.
A disappearing retail category: art galleries The role of travel agents continues to disappear, replaced by apps and algorithms to book a hotel, rent a car and buy tickets to a show. Video stores, bookstores, camera shops, the brick and mortar versions have vanished, displaced by technology. Art galleries, cultural and art museums continue to…
A totem is a symbol for a sacred object.
An elegant design adapted for desert life. Sharp and spikey for protection, with a smooth and tough skin to capture what is rare in the desert: Moisture. It lives as it was designed. In a way, I am casting the “inner” life of an Agave, its invisible nature full of life and light. The Agave…
Dreams project a reality through a dimension of sub-conscious images, experiences, and vibrations. The art of dreams depict movement. The dream has out-of-body movement, sometimes pleasant, sometimes daunting, sometimes real. In my dreams, I travel through realms that are purely imaginary, yet quietly familiar. My movement is aided by the wind high above the places…
A sensual light interupts the invasion of the dark. Sharp edges illuminate and define the darkness. The “other world” color has a light spectrum that engages the darkness, allowing the light to hover in silence.
Desert Spirituality I am fascinated by religions, especially Native American religion and culture. Shamans and healers, speak about the meaning of engagements with the animal spirits. These holy men say that a hawk is often a messenger from Angels, Devas and the Divine. I muse that the found objects embedded within my work are like…
How do you explain your art? So what kind of art do you make? Explaining your art using the written language can be daunting. Describing it helps, but it is only skin deep. The process of creating the work is another layer and story. Emotion and ethos lays down another layer in my work. For…
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*We do not market your name. No Patreon or PayPal contributions. I only like spam in a Bento box. Our financial support comes from the sale of our artwork. We are surrounded by the desert mountains in a private canyon overlooking the lights of downtown Phoenix. Our little garden of eden.