Ruby Rose
Oil on canvas, 36"x48", 2003
Cardinal
Photoshop, 2011
A rose and a cardinal bird, both red and showing centrifugal movement. Kinda dizzy, head swimming. A bit like entering a daydream, or a trance state. One is from 2003, the other 2011. This gentle swirling disequilibrium, which stirs our thoughts and seeks a new, reorganized, equilibrium, has been a reoccurring theme in my art practice. The grey brain jelly, streaked with miniscule rivers of red blood, this soft, almost fluid organ in our skull pan is capable of many different states of consciousness.
Our TV gets more than 100 channels. The black box in our living rooms flickers with lights and screams at us to buy, buy more. It pounds fear into our being. It is impossible to ignore. There it jiggles with compelling light images in the center of our lives. Nailing our attention to the 100 media channels and distracting us from our potential for myriad inner channels.
