Incantation 1; 2017; triptych mixed media on panel

Incantation 2; 2017; Diptych ; mixed media on panel

Incantation 3: Triptych; Mixed Media; 24"x40"; 2017

Incantation

Series of digital prints with silkscreen on panel

A series of a triptych and two diptychs that explore the “Us vs Them” aspect of our current political discourse. I set the scene of the American landscape with evidence of human intervention as a backdrop: a vast oil field with pump jacks and gas flares to the horizon; a forest with clearcutting in the foreground; a family farm with fallow fields. I bring in an idealized, heavenly, mirrored-sky with symbols of sacred geometry that float amidst the clouds creating focusing tension in the sky.  These geometries frame a dichotomy of words that constantly run through my head: Greed/Responsibility; My Facts/Your Facts; Truth/Lies, etc. In our shrill and impossibly fractured political landscape, I allow the viewer to explore their own relationship with these common dichotomies, which act as electric third rails against any possible shared purpose. Ultimately, I’m asking the viewer to examine the crossroads we face: how--or whether--we can move forward as one nation.

Available as unique 26" x 40", 60" & 72" panels or as 18"x20" digital prints in an edition of 10.