"ABANDONED SPACES NO. 2" Mixed Media: Acrylic, Oil and Varnish on Board Mixed Media Fine Art Painting

48"H X 36"W Unframed

50"H x 38"W Framed

While the word ‘excavation’ often refers to the physical removal of accumulated layers of sediment or soil to recover that which time has vanquished, or may never have been know, I tend to think of excavation as an emotional experience. Not a physical process, but a psychological encounter. Not the discovery of artifacts, but a recognition of their meaning in the context of their making.

I read them like a diary. I see them as a memoir. I hear them as a echo as their story is retold.

Not unlike the previous series, If Walls Could Talk , this most recent series — Abandoned Spaces — is a natural extension of the excavation metaphor that has dominated my thinking and influenced my painting for decades. Not a record of an experience, but an expression of the experience itself. 

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