I am honored to be included in the upcoming exhibition, Wax & Wane at Stay Home Gallery, in Paris, TN, June 19-September 4, 2022.
“Circles, cycles, and gravitational pulls. The Moon is a natural symbol of our humanity and in its light we tend to the ones we love, explore our dreams, and see our place in time. Both a literal and metaphorical light in the darkness, legends of The Moon are present in cultures across continents and throughout history. What does The Moon mean to us today?”
I was so interested in this prospectus because it aligned with the work I have been making this year. I have been thinking about the celestial, unseen world. Stars hide in plain sight, revealed only by the onset of darkness. Star charts remind me of the seemingly random patterns that might form different shapes if looked at from another angle. Perhaps the patterns are in the form of geometric structures, and those links exist down even in the air around us, connecting everything.
In this piece, my two sons are silhouetted against a clear, afternoon sky, but there are so many connections seen and unseen between them and the world around them. The lasercut pieces of wood layer suggestions of patterns, reinforced by geometric textured patterns over the astral patterns defined long ago.