Heads

Mint/Pink Head / Acrylic, canvas, collage / 68x84 in

Blue/Black Head, private collection

red/yellow/blue head - NFS

original blue/pink/yellow head - NFS

Black head, private collection

Figurative Head A / acrylic, canvas, collage / 5'x6' - private collection

Brown/Grey Head / acrylic, canvas, collage / 72x87 in

Easily read as abstract plays of color and texture, the Heads are in fact a first step into recognizable content. The abstraction of “face” is the most basic of human languages, the foundation of religion, and the first and most common experience of recognition of signs. No matter the language we speak, our anthropomorphic instinct makes us see faces in the clouds, in the trees, makes us imbue the natural world with human content and meaning.

With these works, I’m playing with the most primitive and minimal gesture into figuration I can, exploring the way we as humans seek to see ourselves in the world around us, find connections, and make meaning.