Out of the Blue Into the Black

Throughout the years, I have collected a fair number of natural artifacts, including among other things, stones, feathers, seedpods, shells and bone fragments. This series of sculptural paintings incorporate many of those items. I have used plaster and cement as the primary medium, allowing me to imprint, carve, scrape and chip away at the surface to create various textures. My intention was to imitate a fossil like record of the natural world which still exists today, but is in danger of disappearing in the not too far off future.

Once you're gone, you can never come back,
when you're out of the blue and into the black...

There's more to the picture than meets the eye.

Neil Young