The Veil
Luminous Emptiness—oil, beeswax, gold leaf, charcoal on canvas, 48 x 48 in., 2020.
Thoughts Unspoken—oil, gold leaf, beeswax on canvas, 36 x 36 in., 2020.
Out of Darkness #2—oil, beeswax, wood ash, gold leaf on canvas, 36 x 36 in., 2020.
Shroud #1—oil, beeswax, graphite on canvas, 48 x 48 in. 2020.
Unspoken Luminous—oil, gold leaf, beeswax on birch panel, 48 x 48 in., 2020.
Shroud #2—oil, beeswax, graphite on canvas, 48 x 48 in. 2020.
Untitled (After Marcia Hafif #1)—oil, beeswax, chalk pastels, wood ash on canvas, 36 x 36 in., 2019.
Two works awaiting installation, NHIA Exhibition, 2020
Untitled (After Marcia Hafif #2)—oil, beeswax, gold dust, wood ash on canvas, 36 x 36 in., 2019.
Through the Veil #1—oil, wood ash, on birch panel, 48 x 48 in., 2020.
Through the Veil #2—oil, wood ash, on birch panel, 48 x 48 in., 2020.
Through the Veil #3—oil, wood ash, on birch panel, 48 x 48 in., 2020.
Effulgence—oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in., 2019.
Vermilion and Plum #2 (Untitled)—oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in., 2020.
Excavations Underlie—oil, chalk pastel on cradled birch panel, 48 x 48 in., 2020.
Underlie #1—oil, chalk pastel on cradled birch panel, 48 x 48 in., 2020.
Cardinal Underlie—oil, wood ash, Hearthstone bark pigment on canvas, 48 x 48 in., 2020.
Work in progress: Excavations Underlie—oil, chalk pastel on cradled birch panel, 48 x 48 in., 2020.
Dried dahlia blossoms on Cardinal Underlie—oil, wood ash, Hearthstone bark pigment, 48 x 48 in., 2020.
Works in progress: three panels 24 x 48 in.
(Untitled) After Agnes Martin #2—oil, graphite, oil stick on canvas, 36 x 36 in., 2019.
Fresh paint: Just finished!
Untitled (After Agnes Martin #1)—oil, graphite, oil stick on canvas, 48 x 48 in., 2019.
Installation view
Vermilion and Plum #1 (Untitled)—oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in., 2020.
NHIA Exhibition, 2020
The Veil Series
“We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival.” ~Joan Halifax
Over the last few years, I have been taken with the notion of the veil, or shroud, as an image of the illusory nature of reality. In our daily life, we encounter an external impression of people, events, and things. Yet, much of our experience is based on a combination of conditions that include our unique perception and feeling life. The world we experience is, in reality, the very world we create, moment-by-moment through our own mental constructs and obscurations. Yet, more than ever, truth is increasingly difficult to discern in an age when much of our engagement with the world occurs online, and what we see is regulated by social media and biased algorithms. It is the layers and histories of our lives, some we draw upon and some we conceal, that I think makes us most interesting—each one of us an exquisite mystery. In this atmosphere, I am mindful of my own searching through obscured veils for what is true and real beneath the layers—and so it is what I strive to create with these artworks in The Veil Series.