In Dreams They Lie

Oil, acrylic, gilding powders, shattered glass on carved wood assemblage.

38x30x5"

This panel was assembled from bits of wood tossed into the corner of my studio, and anchored by the beautifully flawed board; rough-milled by a friend but too irregular for his use. The open area at the center of the panel became a natural bed for a sea of broken glass - and the addition of the sawn logs offset the angles with their curves even as they speak to the organic form of the deep carving. In painting this piece, I relied on the color palette of one of my favorite Medieval manuscripts, and used the combination of color, texture and forms to create a modern calling to the divine in a contemporary mirroring of our ancestors.