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Paradise in the Balance
Dadian Gallery
Wesley Theological Seminary
Washington, D.C. 20016
January 22 - March 12, 2010
Artist Talk & Reception Feb 11 at noon
This exhibit reflects my life experiences with the land. While pairing light
bulbs with bones, forks with birds, and Christmas lights with asthma inhalers
I fashion a language of symbols that tell a story. Each ink/watercolor drawing
or collage is built around these real or symbolic objects. They may seem
unrelated to each other, but actually reflect the increasing impact of humankind
upon Earth's living biospheres, which The Creator of All so deliberately and
magnanimously designed throughout the eons.
In some works, a written litany of endangered or extinct species are my lament
for all the creatures great and small that humankind has so casually abandoned
in our pursuit of alternative paradises. Finely honed technique and a strong concern
for the environment pair up with a personality characterized by a questioning bent
and a sense of humor to form these surreal pictures; stories of the American landscape
and our disconnects-connections to it. The fun for me is in trying out unusual combinations
of forms and solving the mysteries of the links between them. I hope viewers will see
themselves in the River of Life Runs Through Me portion and recognize questions posed
in the other pictures, questions that ask each of us how we are called to be responsible
stewards of the wonderful, but rapidly diminishing Web of Life.
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"Paradise Squandered"
August 16 – October 5, 2008
Drawings, Collages & Prints August 16-October 5, 2008 Church of the
Pilgrims Gallery 2201 P Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Weekdays by appointment
Sunday after 11 am services 202-387-6612
"The Garden of Eden: Paradise Squandered"
April 12 – June 3, 2009
Drawings, Collages & Prints April 12-June 3, 2009 John Calvin Presbyterian Church
6531 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA 22003
Sundays after services and weekdays by appointment 703-256-3644
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This Land, Our Land
October 10 – November 4, 2007
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our heart away, a sordid boon!
The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
–William Wordsworth-
Wordsworth’s poem describes my state of mind after spending two years
constructing the works for this show. While the poem reflects the emotions I
sometimes felt while pairing light bulbs with bones, forks with purses, and
Christmas lights with asthma inhalers, the process itself was more tranquil,
more therapeutic. Each work is built around real or symbolic objects that seem
unrelated to each other, but which reflect the impact of humankind upon our
land. The process of constructing drawings and sculpture was far from
disheartening because I found much joy in combining unusual forms and
identifying shared themes among disparate objects. My sense of humor slips in
at the same time I ask viewers to open their mind to the questions I raise in
each surreal story about the American landscape.
Touchstone Gallery
406 7th St. NW, 2nd FL
Washington, DC 20004
202-347-2787
www.touchstonegallery.com
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