Circuit Board Paintings

My circuit board paintings arose from working as a computer sales consultant back in the early 1990's. I was appalled at the computer's speed of redundancy and was determined to extend its life. After much trial and error, I discovered that by painting the circuit board, and re-igniting the circuits, I could create a landscape that appealed to the subjective and objective view. Over time, I created traffic and lightning and other features that played with the metaphors associated with circuit boards and power. Working late in my studio I could always place myself as one of the "ignited" lights in the studio. The work was more in the realm of the aesthetic, but the idea of making landscape beauty out of landfill components appealed to me.

Scrapscapes

The scrapscapes again were another discovery, now including the garbage off the studio floor. Concerned with getting trampled by my carbon footprint, I thought that there was nothing I couldn't make something out of and so I looked as far as my studio floor for scrap to make the new landscapes. There was something convincing about making beauty out of garbage like remembering to look up from your worktable to notice a beautiful sunset, to recall how fortunate we are, to save the smallest morsel of garbage from the landfill.

Panel Reliefs

The panel relief work is the direction my work will continue to follow. They are very labour intensive but challenge all my skills, and I am most excited about  pursuing the ideas that suit them.