New Moon | acrylic on canvas | 16 x 20 x .5 | in private collection
New Moon | acrylic on canvas | 16 x 20 x .5 | in private collection
World Time | acrylic on canvas | 24 x 24 x  7/8 in | in private collection
World Time | acrylic on canvas | 24 x 24 x 7/8 in | in private collection
Dream Time | acrylic on canvas | 20 x 24 x 1/2 in | in private collection
Dream Time | acrylic on canvas | 20 x 24 x 1/2 in | in private collection
Dreaming Moon | acrylic on canvas | 16 x 20 x 1/2 in | in studio
Dreaming Moon | acrylic on canvas | 16 x 20 x 1/2 in | in studio
Sun Loves The Moon | acrylic on canvas | 24 x 36 x 1/2 in | in studio
Sun Loves The Moon | acrylic on canvas | 24 x 36 x 1/2 in | in studio
Bridge Between } acrylic on canvas | 24 x 24 x 1.5 | 2020 | in studio
Bridge Between } acrylic on canvas | 24 x 24 x 1.5 | 2020 | in studio
Life in Ruins | acrylic on canvas | 36 x 48 x 1 1/2 in | in private collection
Life in Ruins | acrylic on canvas | 36 x 48 x 1 1/2 in | in private collection

Forest fires have come to signify a climate in crisis. Yet historically, forest and fire have long, entangled and even productive relationships. Life in Ruins speculates on a life story of forest and fire, and more broadly, human and nature interrelations.

Precarious Life | acrylic on canvas | 48 x 36 x 1 1/2in | in studio
Precarious Life | acrylic on canvas | 48 x 36 x 1 1/2in | in studio
When The Universe Enfolds (quadriptych) | acrylic on canvas | 16 x 20 x 1/2 in (each) | in studio
When The Universe Enfolds (quadriptych) | acrylic on canvas | 16 x 20 x 1/2 in (each) | in studio
Great Silence | acrylic on canvas | 48 x 36 x 2 in | in private collection
Great Silence | acrylic on canvas | 48 x 36 x 2 in | in private collection

The Great Silence refers to Fermi’s Paradox and the question he posed in 1950 as to why interstellar intelligence has not reached Earth. In Exhalation, Ted Chiang’s short story collection, he compares this silence to that of a graveyard. My painting expands on this analogy, imagining a graveyard that is constructed through our own making.

New Moon | acrylic on canvas | 16 x 20 x .5 | in private collection
World Time | acrylic on canvas | 24 x 24 x  7/8 in | in private collection
Dream Time | acrylic on canvas | 20 x 24 x 1/2 in | in private collection
Dreaming Moon | acrylic on canvas | 16 x 20 x 1/2 in | in studio
Sun Loves The Moon | acrylic on canvas | 24 x 36 x 1/2 in | in studio
Bridge Between } acrylic on canvas | 24 x 24 x 1.5 | 2020 | in studio
Life in Ruins | acrylic on canvas | 36 x 48 x 1 1/2 in | in private collection
Precarious Life | acrylic on canvas | 48 x 36 x 1 1/2in | in studio
When The Universe Enfolds (quadriptych) | acrylic on canvas | 16 x 20 x 1/2 in (each) | in studio
Great Silence | acrylic on canvas | 48 x 36 x 2 in | in private collection
New Moon | acrylic on canvas | 16 x 20 x .5 | in private collection
World Time | acrylic on canvas | 24 x 24 x 7/8 in | in private collection
Dream Time | acrylic on canvas | 20 x 24 x 1/2 in | in private collection
Dreaming Moon | acrylic on canvas | 16 x 20 x 1/2 in | in studio
Sun Loves The Moon | acrylic on canvas | 24 x 36 x 1/2 in | in studio
Bridge Between } acrylic on canvas | 24 x 24 x 1.5 | 2020 | in studio
Life in Ruins | acrylic on canvas | 36 x 48 x 1 1/2 in | in private collection

Forest fires have come to signify a climate in crisis. Yet historically, forest and fire have long, entangled and even productive relationships. Life in Ruins speculates on a life story of forest and fire, and more broadly, human and nature interrelations.

Precarious Life | acrylic on canvas | 48 x 36 x 1 1/2in | in studio
When The Universe Enfolds (quadriptych) | acrylic on canvas | 16 x 20 x 1/2 in (each) | in studio
Great Silence | acrylic on canvas | 48 x 36 x 2 in | in private collection

The Great Silence refers to Fermi’s Paradox and the question he posed in 1950 as to why interstellar intelligence has not reached Earth. In Exhalation, Ted Chiang’s short story collection, he compares this silence to that of a graveyard. My painting expands on this analogy, imagining a graveyard that is constructed through our own making.

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