Monday, November 30, 2015

Amor Fati XVIII {Eros or Agape} (Acrylic and mixed media on cardboard)

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Amor Fati XVIII {Eros or Agape}


Eternal Return XXIV {Da-Sein} (Mixed media and watercolor on card stock)


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Eternal Return XXIV {Da-Sein} (front)

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Eternal Return XXIV {Da-Sein}(back)

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Eternal Return XVI {Water of Life} (watercolor and mixed media on card stock)

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Eternal Return XVI {Water of Life}

Amor Fati XIII

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Amor Fati XIII
Another of the Amor Fati series that I'm not at all happy with. However, these failed attempts are valuable for working through issues of space, color, and line. Lessons learned.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Amor Fati XI {I is Another} (Acrylic and mixed media on cardboard)

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Amor Fati XI {I is Another}
This is one of the earliest pieces in the Amor Fati series and one of the first works that I was really happy about. It combines my love of found objects, maps, flags, and art history, all of which I draw from visually to create these works. 

Eternal Return XII {Existence precedes Essence} (Watercolor and mixed media on card stock)

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Eternal Return XII {Existence precedes Essence}

Monday, November 16, 2015

Amor Fati X (Mixed media and acrylic on cardboard)

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Amor Fati X
I'm not at all happy with this part of the Amor Fati series. The colors are all wrong and I didn't have any sort of conceptual or design unity in mind while making; it's just kind of thrown together. That said, there are elements that I like. I wish I would have put those two Polaroids of Louisville industrial architecture to better use. Even though I'm not the biggest fan of this piece, part of the goal of the Amor Fati series is to embrace all the attempts as part of a larger narrative that is given meaning not despite its failure but because of it and how it creates something new.

Eternal Return X {Siren Song} (mixed media and watercolor on card stock)

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Eternal Return X
I'm clearly having fun with these little mail art cards. Salvaging these library book due date cards from my last job at Purdue all those years ago has really paid off. 

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Eternal Return IX {Superficial out of Profundity} (watercolor and mixed media on card stock}

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Eternal Return IX

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Amor Fati III {The Birth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Music} (acrylic and mixed media on canvas)

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Amor Fati III {The Birth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Music}
Artists don't borrow; they steal.

Amor Fati II {Nietzsche is Dead} (Acrylic and mixed media on cardboard)

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Amor Fati II {Nietzsche is Dead}
Dread and death meet the affirmation of the eternal return. Cleveland also makes an appearance.