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Negative to Positive Installation ©2006 A full room installation of thirty-five brain scans depicting different layers of my brain that are made into (4" x 4") light boxes. Each piece of film has words etched into it - thoughts taken from personal journals of the time. Each light box, with exposed individual electric cords, sits on custom gurneys made narrow and tall. The four walls of the room are draped with a continuous sage colored hospital curtain. The brain scans were taken in early December 1998. The Ragdale Series, are forty collage works on paper. The body of work was completed in June of 2009 while attending a three week residency at the Ragdale Foundation, an artist community located in Lake Forest, Illinois. See Archive for complete works Alan Artner, art critic for the Chicago Tribune, wrote the following: 
Available light boxes from limited editions of 5: 1. Prepare for the experience that will deconstruct your beliefs. #2 2. The wish that you were granted is coming true now. #1-5 SOLD 3. It is always all about you #2 4. This wound is part of the cosmic order. #2 5. Not everyone will be happy with what you do. #1-5 SOLD 6. You are stepping out of your shoes with each step. #2 7. Look for the tulips in rude people's eyes. #2 8. It is only a rocky cliff with monsters on it. #2 9. Quick, walk down the first plank that you see. #2 10. Each thought gets a new wrinkle. #2 11. Should I just trust myself. #2 12. I am so organized that I am not. #2 13. It is time to rest. #2 14. There are two of everyone. #2 15. Just playing, not dead. #2 16. Beethoven sends his love and Blake enjoyed meeting you. #1-5 SOLD 17. Not true, too bad, nothing, so what. #2 18. Silence but for the clouds moving across the sky. #2 19. You only think that you want to live down a 10 min driveway. #2 20. Your teeth are still here and there was no cliff. #2 21. Dissolve, become dissolve, become, dissolve become dissolve, become dissolve. #2 22. Everyone thinks that you are nuts. #2 23. A dream that does not end. #2 24. All of you are in shock, you the most. #2 25. You are a wild animal running in dirt soon to be free. #2 26. Throw stuff out there. #2 27. Because we are creative, we will have lots of fun. #2 28. You are not alone. #2 29. Is it starting to make sense? #2 30. It is all so amazing. #2 31. Do not let too many people in here--I will tell you who. #2 32. I really love your art. #2 33. We know that you were hurt, it is why we are here. #2 34. Make promises and when others break them. #2 35. Be quiet in the world now. #2 Each lightbox can rest on a table or shelf and has a hook on the back for hanging on the wall. When displayed on a well the electrical cord resembles a spinal cord. An easy off/on switch is applied to each cord. 
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RED TREES Red Trees circa 1880s Box of Shrouds Shroud Remnants 100 TEARS 100 Tears Part 3 INSTALLATION ART Negative to Positive (brain lightboxes) Plates Broken Plates Brain Photographs Teacups BOOKS Handmade and Printed Books BOOK PAGES 2004: The Courage of Trees CARDS 2016: The Demandments Card Set PAINTING Early paintings Painting circa 1990 OIL ON PAPER 2011: The Year The Permafrost Softened WORKS ON PAPER 2002: Fan Collages 2002: Flowers 2000-2004: Figure Drawing 1988-2004: Charcoal 1997-2005: Collage on paper 2004: Wonderscapes 2000-2004: Project Art Figure Drawings circa 1500s MIXED MEDIA 2001: How Things Pile Up Visit the Archive for all works. |
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