Angel Zones

So the angel zones have begun - originating from my loft with blue painters tape- they will spread far & wide in the NY area - the found object picture was inspired by the angel zone series.

Waste Not

In January of 08 at The Pheonix Gallery in NYC i was in a group show in the project room called "Waste Not" - curated by Christa Toole. The artists used recycled materials that would otherwise be trash. My piece called "Southern Belle" (after the elliot smith song - hope he's okay with that up in heaven) developed from a completely different conceptual start. I was going to make ribbons out of recycled materials. You know, the ribbons you see as bumper stickers on cars for the U.S. troops or breast cancer - ad infinitum ...... i was poking fun (which i seem to do alot) of how overdone the damned ribbons are - but at the same time since most of us all recognize the ribbon logo i thought it would be a good jumpstart - a recognizable image but not made out of stickers but real materials which would be much more symbolic of the issue that all thse sticker ribbons stand for. So as usual i started out making the ribbons and then the whole idea metomorphasized into a completely different piece and that's where i began having fun - don't know where i was going but i got somewhere and had a good time doing it - it seems to be a bit of a reoccuring event lately when i make a piece of art .... i start with an idea and it seems pretty solid and then during the process of creating my work it i let go and it continues to develop it's own life, so to speak, seperate from the beginning concept - yet born out of it - so it really contains the original message.