Kintsug Cup 1 (Kintsugi Series) –~6,200 Hand cast encaustic crayons & 24k gold leaf23.5″x23.5″ (4 panels) Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery using gold or other precious metals to enhance rather than disguise the cracks. I have taken this ancient technique and have applied it to my newest crayon work. […]
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David Hilbert (Mathematician Series) –36×36”Melted hand cast encaustic crayons David Hilbert (1862-1943) was born in Prussia in what is today the city of Kaliningrad, Russia. His mother indulged in math and astronomy as hobbies, and this influence guided David’s career path. After attending college and teaching at the university in […]
15-panel, hand cast encaustic crayons 60” x 37″ inches 2018 Crayon work based on extreme close-up of Rose of Sharon photo. Part of my “Flower Series” crayon work.
34×34 -(9 panels) 13,158 hand cast encaustic crayons Using Pinterest and it’s feature to find similar images based on the cropped selection of the photo selected, I assemble and then created the image below using a several different features from many photos to create a completely new face.
-(12 panels ) ~16,800 hand cast encaustic crayons 47 x 35.5 Unframed, 2018 A new “Flower Series” work, based on my still life photos. Inspired by 18th Century French needlework and embroidery.
11,000 hand cast encaustic crayons 14 x 70 inches, 5 panels (2012) This work shows the natural deconstruction of the digital photograph over time by slow incremental induction of digital noise. Each successive panel has a greater and greater amount of randomly colored noise introduced intothe same image, until on […]
Taking a cue from the modern Pop artists, and utilizing traditional “weaving” techniques, I am in the process of creating a body of 100 works using the image of my daughter “Melodie” as the basis for the series. By holding a single element constant, I am able to show differences in […]
Saltine crackers, laser etched portraits of each 2018 U.S. Senators and US. President, Can of cheese.
34×34 -(9 panels)13,158 hand cast encaustic crayons -based on photo by Dorothea Lange 1939 -(FSA) Farm Security Administration The Great Depression of the 1930s affected the life of every American, including writers, musicians, actors, and artists, and in 1935 a portion of the funding for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) […]
Edition of 5, hard-bound, hand-sewn books, 8 x 5 inches Because of my great admiration for the work of Wittgenstein, I have decided to translate his thoughts on colour into color. Using my ColorAlphabet key, I have hand designed a “FAUR” font to hold the color with lowercase, uppercase, grammar, […]
55×32 (flag), Dyed US dollar bills, thread, flag pole 112 indivudal dollar bills sewn into a standard size replica of the US Flag which comments on the Supreme Court decision that equates donating money for political interests with freedom of speech. Half of the money used has been dyed a darker […]
Portrait of God, 2018 Digital File NFT & Limited edition Giclée Print, 43 x 47.5 inches Image made up by mapping every letter/word in King James Bible (Old and New Testament) to my color alphabet (26 indexed colors + white space -see key below) and displaying each of the 4+ million letters as […]
Foundations of Sand, 2017 Shredded cotton/rag, toner, 23k gold leaf, cast stoneware lamb heart, 55 x 61″ full text of Old Testament, Image created from the full text from: Old testament, New Testament, and Koran, rendered in different font sizes and spacing. The image for the house is based on […]