On Imagination: Ecotones
— 2021 - 2023
Ecotones are the areas between two adjacent ecosystems. Biological ecotones have characteristics and organisms from otherwise divergent systems, so they are rich in biodiversity. They are "places of danger and opportunity". Ecotones are the nuanced, unnameable mixes at the center of the color wheel. My imagination lives in the ecotones of my experiences. Context switches set my mind into motion. My perception is tweened with make-believe, as I intuitively seek narrative - a through line - a reason.
The House of Asterion, 2026, ink and gouache on paper, 30 × 22 in
Ecotones I, 2021, gouache on stretched paper, 40 × 40 in
Ecotones II, 2021, gouache on stretched paper, 40 × 40 in
Ecotones III, 2021, gouache on stretched paper, 40 × 40 in
Ecotones, 2021, gouache on stretched paper, 40 × 120 in
Well-Sustained But Vain Fatigue, 2022, gouache and ink on stretched paper, 36 × 24 in
An Ecotone Between Death and Consciousness, 2020, gouache on paper, 18 × 18 in
The Sensation of Warming Up, 2021, gouache on stretched paper, 14 × 14 in
Allegory of Imagination (Ideas Mix Like Colors), 2022, gouache and ink on stretched paper, 18 × 24 in
Pursuit & Calamity, 2023, ink on paper, 12 × 9 in
Soul House (Pittsburgh), 2019, gouache on paper, 40 in
Soul House (Pittsburgh) #1, 2019, gouache on paper, 18 × 18 in
Reef Lamp, 2019, oil on canvas, 16 × 12 in
Desk by Day & Night, 2020, gouache on paper, 18 × 36 in
Crystal II, 2021, ink on paper, 8 × 8 in