Artist’s Statement
This work is part of an ongoing series that highlights values that I believe are lacking in our relationship to others and to nature. This lack has brought us to the very precipice. We find ourselves at a crossroads; the world around us is out of balance, weather careening from one extreme to another. We are in a state of flux. Disasters are mounting and already we have entered uncharted waters of rapid extinctions and resource losses.
It is clear now that our writing and language have not prepared us for the challenges and crises of our current world. In fact, language has been used to cleverly obscure the very real and pressing issues of our time. This work asks the viewer to reimagine and reconfigure their use of language. Highly stylized calligraphic letters are modeled using Renaissance techniques to suggest movement, light, and form. They are then intricately tied to an elemental “natural landscape.”
Created with improvisatory methods, these images are intended to speak with vibrant intensity. It is not too late to bring the values of reciprocity, empathy, and compassion to the world that quite literally gives us life. It is not too late to bring the utmost care to both our use of language and our relationships to each other and the natural world.