The “Avance” series

I exhibited a portion of this series for the first time in Chicago at Firecat Projects/Aug/Sept 2015.  It is an ongoing project of 4″x8″ panels that explore the vulnerable nature of the human spirit and its immense resilience in the face of adversity. We continually pose questions like, “Now what? What will be? What will I do?  When will it happen?” These questions articulate a moment in time when a transition is taking place, when the world inside us changes. I feel that the most important parts of being human are those moments when we have the courage to rise up and face our demons; it is at these transitions that life’s challenging circumstances are reshaped indefinitely. Rather than focusing on the before or after, I want to depict the state when something happens as we are moving through our lives. That is the point in time when we experience courage, love and transcendence.

Juxtapoz magazine feature of exhibition on their site

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Here are the first seven in the series of thirty4″x8″inks on clay board panels:

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DETAILS:

Avance_Tide_webBLOG“Tide” 4″x8″

4.Avance_Swamp“Swamp”

5.Avance_Oasis_web“Oasis”

5_Avance_Oasis 360

 

7_Avance_Dune_wing_web“Dune” 

8_Avance_Petrified_HI_360“Petrified”

9_Avance_Foxhole_web“Foxhole”

 

This series is ongoing and available for exhibition in 2017