Tornado #15 – Cradled Wood Panel – Oil Paint – Encaustic -Wasp Paper – Charcoal – Ash – Cinders – 48x48x1 inches – 2017
Tornado #15 -Detail – 2017
Tornado #15 – Detail – 2017
Tornado #15 – Detail – 2017
Tornado #14 – Cradled Wood Panel – Oil Paint – Encaustic – Charcoal – Ash – Cinders – 48x48x1 inches – 2016
Tornado #14 – Detail – 2016
Tornado #14 – Detail – 2016
Tornado #14 – Detail – 2016
Tornado #17 – Cradled Wood Panel – Oil Paint – 35mm Slides – 35mm Negatives – Dove Feathers – Wasp Paper – Charcoal – Ash – Cinders – 24x24x1 inches – 2017
Tornado #17 – Detail – 2017
Tornado #17 – Detail – 2017
Tornado #17 – Detail – 2017
Tornado #9 – Cradled Wood Panel – 35mm Slides – Gesso – Charcoal – Graphite – Conte Crayon – Cinders – Ash – 48x48x1 inches – 2016
Tornado #9 – Detail – 2016
Tornado #9 – Detail – 2016
Tornado #9 – Detail – 2016
Tornado #13 – Cradled Wood Panel – 35mm Slides – Gesso – Oil Paint – Charcoal – Ash – Cinders – 48x48x1 inches – 2016
Tornado #13 – Detail – 2016
Tornado #13 – Detail – 2016
Tornado #7 – Cradled Wood Panel – 35mm Slides – Encaustic – 24x24x1 inches – 2015
Tornado #7 – Detail – 2015
Tornado #7 – Detail – 2015
Tornado #7 – Detail – 2015
Tornado #12 – Cradled Wood Panel – 35mm Slides – Encaustic – Charcoal – Cinders – Ash – 48x48x1 inches – 2016
Tornado #12 – Detail – 2016
Tornado #12 – Detail – 2016
Tornado #12 – Detail – 2016
Tornado #5 – Cradled Wood Panel – 35mm Slides – Encaustic – Charcoal – 24x24x1 inches – 2015
Tornado #5 – Detail – 2015
Tornado #5 – Detail – 2015
Tornado #11 – Cradled Wood Panel – 35mm Slides – Encaustic – Charcoal – Cinders – Ash – 48x48x1 inches – 2016
Tornado #11 – Detail – 2016
Tornado #11 – Detail – 2016
Tornado #11 – Detail – 2016
Tornado #16 – Cradled Wood Panel – Oil Paint – 35mm Slides – 35mm Negatives – Dove Feathers – Wasp Paper – Charcoal – Ash – Cinders – 24x24x1 inches – 2017
Tornado #16 – Detail – 2017
Tornado #16 – Detail – 2017
Tornado #16 – Detail – 2017
Tornado #16 – Detail – 2017
Tornado #2 – Cradled Wood Panel – 35mm Slides – Gesso – Charcoal – Graphite – Conte Crayon – 24x24x1 inches – 2015
Tornado #2 – Detail – 2015
Tornado #8 – Cradled Wood Panel – 35mm Slides – Gesso – Oil Paint – Charcoal – Graphite – Conte Crayon – 24x24x1 inches – 2015
Tornado #18 – Cradled Wood Panel – Oil Paint – 35mm Slides – 35mm Negatives – Dove Feathers – Wasp Paper – Charcoal – Ash – Cinders – 24x24x1 inches – 2017
Tornado #18 – Detail – 2017
Tornado #18 – Detail – 2017
Tornado #18 – Detail – 2017
Tornado #2 – Detail – 2015
Tornado #10 – Cradled Wood Panel – 35mm Slides – Encaustic – Charcoal – Cinders – Ash – 48x48x1 inches – 2015
Tornado #10 – Detail – 2015
Tornado #10 – Detail – 2015
Tornado #10 – Detail – 2015
Tornado #1 – Cradled Wood Panel – 35mm Slides – Gesso – Oil Paint – Charcoal – Graphite – Conte Crayon – 24x24x1 inches – 2015
Tornado #1 – Detail – 2015
Tornado #4 – Cradled Wood Panel – 35mm Slides – Gesso – Oil Paint – Charcoal – Graphite – Conte Crayon – 24x24x1 inches – 2015
Tornado #4 – Detail – 2015
Tornado Series 2015-2017
35mm slides provide the foundation for this series. This veneer creates a three-dimensional surface and also incorporates a fourth dimension, Time.
The medium of film is rooted in the past century and the grid formed on the wooden panel is a reference to a drawing method used by the ancient Egyptians.
This mathematical, static pattern is juxtaposed with the image of a tornado. I have chosen organic materials, charcoal, graphite and encaustic as a means of amplifying this polarity and also because each medium is a time capsule in itself. The encaustic is built up in layers and then flayed away using various carving tools. This method results in an undulating surface that records the violence applied to remove it.