The form before it became space.
The original human form touched all six surfaces of the cube. This is what remains after the clay figure was packed in a plaster mix and the figure then removed. Negative space is all that remains of the missing person.
“Missing Person” was created for the 2918 International Sculpture Conference in Portland, Oregon.
The world as we knew it is being torn apart beneath our feet. What was once stable ground is now uncertain.
As the fissure expands, a new world is revealed, new possibilities. From chaos comes order.
“Torn” symbolizes a temporary state of chaos as it gives way to a new reality. It is much like the nebulous zone between consciousness and unconsciousness – the state where images reveal themselves. Those images lead ultimately to new archetypes.
There is a way forward,but it may not be immediately obvious. The Greek definition of apocalypse is not about disaster, but the invisible being revealed. We need to look beyond the moment to the opportunities as they are unveiled. Endure the uncertainty with confidence that something wonderful is indeed happening.
Mixed media sculpture.
This short video is the result of a series of sketches that began in 2017. I’ve been exploring these characters whenever and whenever they reoccur in my imagination. In the past month, it was time to take the sketches to a realized form. This painting/sculpture is a combination of ideas that didn’t conform to either 2- or 3-dimension.
