Vertebrate Companion Series, 2010 - 2011, Oil pigment on stretched canvas over wood armature.
The goal in my personal works has not really wavered to any great extent over the last 20 plus years. My intent has always been to explore ideas, concepts and or verbal questions/solutions of the concrete world and realize them in a non-subjective or in an abstract way.
These current studies are more about the relationship between significant parings, diversity, likeness and unlikeness, and the cohesive way in which they relate to one another. These work are both architecturally and naturally inspired simultaneously, invoking the underlying structure of both buildings and bodies.
Although I have displayed them in a specific way, the works have no specific formulas for installation. They may be presented in an infinite number of configurations, without compromising their integrity or intended. The particular solutions shown are possibly the obvious. There are more uncomfortable pairings that would possibly further highlight some of the questions posed by the work. At once separate and together, these Vertebrate Companions possess infinite possibilities.
