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December, 2006

Acrylic on a huge canvas. I cut the canvas in the chevron shape—the first one of this format. At the time I had no idea what I was doing, but this has since become one of my favorite paintings.

It hangs on metal gromits and big s-hooks on a silver pole, which is not visible in the photo.

I think it's 7 ft tall.

My analyzation, for those who are interested:

We live in a disparate age made up of jostling cultures, governments, ideals, and ways of life. For the first time in the history of the human race, the Earth is nearly a single landscape, and not a collection of many parts; for the first time ever, the whole human race has to live with itself.
This has proved to be quite a violent and depressing situation. I need not explain the effect of differing cultures meeting hotly—people in this country know that situation well enough. Yet even for all the wars, disagreements, and disconnects across the world and within one’s self, I believe that—perhaps—there is a uniting thread, or journey, that every human can recognize, and take upon themselves.
At risk of muddling the situation even more, I chose to “paint” this journey. Contemplating Uni-Verse is the result. As a piece, it is expansive and breathtaking, and active in movement. People have said to me it reminds them of the Milky Way; others said it was like looking over a cliffside to a great river below. The blue horizon line is violently squished and jagged, yet there is a distinct minimalist quality about the piece that reminds me of how, though details can seem so complex close-up, there is a much larger, broader picture at hand.
This piece was my first chevron piece. It was also my first hanging vertical piece, and it set the tone for many other works after it. It was painted in two days, during which I had only a vague idea of what I wanted to create. My goal was to “step aside”—to let the great ideal that is Unity show itself within a single, visual body. The piece is both a verse about unity, and it is, itself, the Universe.
It can only be said, more or less, that I was moved by the ideal, and the music of the aboriginal Australian Didgeridoo (an instrument I also play myself) that I was listening to at the time, to create this piece. As the viewer actively contemplates it, however, I hope that they find some of the feeling that I tried to actively record within the lines of paint, and experience the same great unity I did during the piece’s revealing.

Description
December, 2006

Acrylic on a huge canvas. I cut the canvas in the chevron shape—the first one of this format. At the time I had no idea what I was doing, but this has since become one of my favorite paintings.

It hangs on metal gromits and big s-hooks on a silver pole, which is not visible in the photo.

I think it's 7 ft tall.

My analyzation, for those who are interested:

We live in a disparate age made up of jostling cultures, governments, ideals, and ways of life. For the first time in the history of the human race, the Earth is nearly a single landscape, and not a collection of many parts; for the first time ever, the whole human race has to live with itself.
This has proved to be quite a violent and depressing situation. I need not explain the effect of differing cultures meeting hotly—people in this country know that situation well enough. Yet even for all the wars, disagreements, and disconnects across the world and within one’s self, I believe that—perhaps—there is a uniting thread, or journey, that every human can recognize, and take upon themselves.
At risk of muddling the situation even more, I chose to “paint” this journey. Contemplating Uni-Verse is the result. As a piece, it is expansive and breathtaking, and active in movement. People have said to me it reminds them of the Milky Way; others said it was like looking over a cliffside to a great river below. The blue horizon line is violently squished and jagged, yet there is a distinct minimalist quality about the piece that reminds me of how, though details can seem so complex close-up, there is a much larger, broader picture at hand.
This piece was my first chevron piece. It was also my first hanging vertical piece, and it set the tone for many other works after it. It was painted in two days, during which I had only a vague idea of what I wanted to create. My goal was to “step aside”—to let the great ideal that is Unity show itself within a single, visual body. The piece is both a verse about unity, and it is, itself, the Universe.
It can only be said, more or less, that I was moved by the ideal, and the music of the aboriginal Australian Didgeridoo (an instrument I also play myself) that I was listening to at the time, to create this piece. As the viewer actively contemplates it, however, I hope that they find some of the feeling that I tried to actively record within the lines of paint, and experience the same great unity I did during the piece’s revealing.