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"centering 2" flaked paint installation photo sketch

 "centering 1" flaked paint installation photo sketch

"Stages" represents one piece of art with a photographed time framed processional. Each photo represents a documented, journaled or storied occurrence. Accentuating the concept by referencing it to a three act play with developmental titles; "stages act 1", "stages act 2" and "stages act 3". Pareidolia silhouetted players and settings appear within the staged grid patterns. The previous "unbroken circle" series and the "43 diminutives" works created a sequentially changing directed space for the performing pareidolia characters' search for normalcy, for balance. The forming and shaping of the "stages"' grid were themselves a part of the process of the theatrically referenced work itself in a futuristic manner reminiscent to Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase" and other futurist work.  In "stages act 2" the lines appear more pronounced and suggest literally an open book as a possible source of the story line. In the final act the smaller grid pattern derived from the "43 diminutives" sits within the larger grid further delineating and defining the environment and the cast of the performance as they develop. A framework within a framework...

stages act 1

stages act 2

stages act 3

beet/carrot dye

coffee dye

egg tempera (egg yolk w/o sac)

Earth pigments

local yellow ochre clay

repurposed brown wrapping paper

who's the shadow (no cabe duda)
11 1/2" x 29 1/2"

Yellow Pine recycled board

Black Walnut "discard" veneer

Earth ochre pigments

wheat flour

whey polyurethane

tung oil

recycled metal screws

 "who's the shadow (no cabe duda)" mystery develops, 8 - 10, with working in whey polyurethane, tung oil and "flaked paint"...

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who's the shadow

above with paper blocking out template in place,

to the right application of medium with pigment,

and lower right some nuts added to weigh Black Walnut down into wet medium pigment and left to dry

              Winter's Seed of Change                                           25" x 32"              

ochre pigments, wheat flour, Conte Crayons, charcoal, lint & newspaper

mutable multiple 1/17              Earth Ochre medium on Khadi paper

each of these 63 pieces is less than two inches in measure. many of these torn Khadi paper pieces adhered to other pieces during the painting process of mutable multiple. ≈25 were donated to the local fundraising organization Art Soup. Art Soup uses the proceeds from sale of donated local artists work to buy art supplies for area schools that have minimal funding for the arts in their curriculum. 

mutable multiple 1/15              5" x 7"                  ochre pigments on elephant dung paper

mutable multiple 1/14 (enThanks Andy...) 
 1 1/2" x 4"
mixed eco materials

this piece and mutable multiple 1/12 posted on the blog yesterday are two separate pieces...

mutable multiple 1/13                  5 " x 11" x  2 1/2                   mixed eco materials

mutable multiple 1/12                   5 1/2" x 13"                    mixed eco materials

4 views of a mutable multiple assemblage

mutable multiple 1/10                   6" x 23"                    mixed eco materials

mutable multiple 1/8                7 1/2" x 14"                mixed eco materials

mutable multiple 1/7         11" x 12 1/2"            mixed eco materials

mutable multiple 1/6         12" x 22"            mixed eco materials

mutable multiple 1/5         10" x  12 1/2 x 1"            mixed eco materials

mutable multiple 1/4             8" x 7 1/2" x 1"                eco friendly materials