MOTE

The universe and all of our encounters in this life are a swirling mass of both macroscopic and microscopic particles, coincidences, and random chance all combining to bring you to this exact moment in time...standing here in a gallery. We are all a part of this temporary compilation and all of it is breathtakingly beautiful if we take the time to notice. It is my hope that the work invites viewers to contemplate their place within the grand tapestry of existence.

The individual paintings for MOTE are suggestions...much like ink blots. All are interpretations of seed pods, specimens, microbes, aeroplankton, birth, death, invasion, the universe, division, expansion, contraction, cells, creatures, anthropology, and even gallstones.

MOTE is inspired by experiences during two recent art residencies—one focused on nature with 20 New Brunswick makers in Fundy Park that culminated in a group exhibition entitled Beneath the Surface in 2022/23. The other residency was spent solo in an urban environment at Takt, a work/live studio in Berlin from November to January 2023/24.

The residency experiences were as diverse as the subjects. One involved staying in a group of O-tentics with 20 other makers in Fundy National park for a week discovering nature and the history of the area with park guides. The other involved visiting medical, zoology and art museums in Berlin, Scotland, Amsterdam and Denmark taking in some amazing collections and viewing objects through telescopes and microscopes. An immersion and exploration of perspective, scale, and the interconnectedness of the macro and microcosms while drawing inspiration from both the natural world and human-made environments.

Prices based on the square inch formula for valuing a painting.  **Each one is about the size of my thumb * * noticings and interpretations of the universe around us.

Ink blots of the soul perhaps? You the viewer will see yer own version of wonder I hope.

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