Light Sculpture & Arts-Based Research
Metamorphose 2020
Obelisk 2020
Fulgur 2020
Scintillae 2020
Red Unconscious 2020
Chimeric Passage 2022
Silent Currents 2019
Halographic Codex 2022
Harmonious Chemestry 2021
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A Luminous Darkness
glass + elemental light, 5” x 4”, 2019
Light represents the essential mystery of life and the transformational space between the imaginary and the real. A Luminous Darkness is a collaboration with light itself, a memorial of ephemeral luminosity for my brother, and a meditation on death, alchemical fire, and “timeless time.” Pyramids are essentially tombs, and architecturally fundamental to ancient Egyptian culture given their emphasis on life after death. The sacred geometry of the triangle as well as the number three are both emphasized in ancient and medieval cultures as well as in spiritual traditions and esoteric practices. Alive in the pyramidal body is the cosmic trine of the Underworld, Sky, and Earth. Triangular architecture and forms comprised of three points represent a variety of triads, including the cycle of birth-death-rebirth and the mind-body-soul connection. In the ancient art of alchemy, the triangle symbolizes fire, and fire is the element by which alchemical practice is founded upon and the substance by which any level of transformation or rebirth is made possible. The celestial reach of vertical structures and geometrical ascents of all kinds connect for us the worlds above and below, bridging earth and sky, and join together our visible experience with that of the invisible unknown.
The 14th Limb of Osiris
glass + elemental light, 5” x 4”, 2019
Milagros Verdes
glass + elemental light, 5” x 4”, 2019
In collaboration with “Romance Sonámbulo” (1928) by Federico García Lorca. Milagros Verdes is an exploration of the archetypal phenomenon of color; the notion that both light and dark are required for its creation and subsequent perception in the material world; and my own grasping of the artistic truth in conceiving Nature as a sublime and mysterious poetry at the heart of science. Lorca’s depiction of an otherworldly green realm in which he summons something out of nothing crystallizes the powerful qualitative field of archetypal imagery through a mythopoetic probing of color, and regards the extraordinary mystery of Nature as imagination itself. Through primordial green, Lorca illustrates the function of imagination as the door to Divinity and provides a tangible experience of the way in which symbolic images serve as bridges to infinite worlds beyond our emotional and rational capacities.
Verde que te quiero verde.
Verde viento. Verdes ramas.
El barco sobre la mar
y el caballo en la montaña.
Con la sombra en la cintura
ella sueña en su baranda,
verde carne, pelo verde,
con ojos de fría plata.
Verde que te quiero verde.
Bajo la luna gitana, las cosas la están mirando
y ella no puede mirarlas.
Green, how I want you green.
Green wind. Green branches.
The ship out on the sea
and the horse on the mountain.
With the shade around her waist
she dreams on her balcony,
green flesh, her hair green,
with eyes of cold silver.
Green, how I want you green.
Under the gypsy moon,
all things are watching her
and she cannot see them.
Ghosts reflect our timeless fascination with (and fear of) death. In mythology and folklore, the elemental spirit of Will-o’-the-wisp is an atmospheric light that traverses marshes and cemeteries associated with the souls of the dead. Lunar Ghost questions the significance of the physical body and is a metaphysical inquiry into the mystery of death and what happens after we die. The luminous cosmic matter in Lunar Ghost is reminiscent of something from the past, an existence that once was, a translucent milky moon-like memory of an old vessel.
The color chemistry of Lunar Ghost is informed by a personal photograph of thick, opaque smoke billows captured in Point Dume, Malibu on November 9, 2018 just prior to evacuating my home the morning that the Woolsey Fire ignited.
Scorched Earth
glass + elemental light, 5” x 4”, 2019
Mirror of Alcyone
glass + elemental light, 5” x 4”, 2019
Mirror of Alcyone is the result of a collaboration with the 2019 life event of totaling my Subaru and my 2020 viewing of M45 with C14HD in the Mojave Desert.
Messier (M45) is an open star cluster made up of thousands of stars that are loosely bound by gravity, but visually dominated by a handful of its brightest members called The Pleiades, or The Seven Sisters: Maia, Alcyone, Asterope, Celaeno, Taygete, Electra, and Merope. Like fireworks illuminating dark clouds at night, the star’s light reflects off the surface of pitch-black clouds of cold gas laced with dust and produces a reflection nebula.
M45 is located nearly 400 light-years away, and the stars of the Pleiades are thought to be hundreds of times more luminous than the sun. In Mayan and Aztec culture, the Pleiades-sun alignment is recognized in the architectural calculations of archaeological complexes Teotihuacan and Chichen Itza, and the star cluster has a direct connection with the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent. Quetzalcoatl is related to gods of the wind, the planet Venus, and the arts. Pyramidologists working in Egypt in the last twelve years have found pyramidal texts that suggest the Egyptians revered the Pleiades as a higher divine star system, especially Alcyone, its brightest star, and singled out the Pleiades as the goddess Hathor, who carried the seeds of life. Humankind has always looked up to the Pleiades star constellation for guidance. Sailors have relied on the stars for navigation, and farmers for when to sow and harvest their crops. The Pleiades in Japanese culture is known as “Subaru,” which translates to ‘unite’ or ‘unity’.
Crypt for Mistress Of The Stars
glass + elemental light, 5” x 4”, 2019
For Belmonte
glass + elemental light, 5” x 4”, 2019
Like Kelp In The Waves
glass + elemental light, 8"x10", 2022
Archetypal experiments of the quantum domain, explorations of the relationships between light and darkness that give rise to color, and my ongoing contemplations of questions like, “How does Nature shape the flow of phenomena?” and “What are the archetypal phenomena of light at the quantum level?”
For me, the challenge of quantum phenomena in general, is a challenge to our complacency of mind and an incentive to reach beyond ourselves and into the realm of the unknown and the many mysteries of our existence.
Twilight Speech
glass + elemental light, 8"x10", 2022
In my holographic process, light itself becomes the content, color, and form of sculptural works. My transdisciplinarity praxis is rooted in researching the transmission and dispersion of invisible light (or darkness, to the human eye) into visible, tangible forms of spectral color.
For me, working with light is working with the invisible dimension of experience…a space that encapsulates the mysterious realm of death, the unconscious, and the wild unknown.
Through the imaginal language of light waves, my work aims to make visible the profound impact that the metaphysical, non-linear realm actually has on our perceptual experience of reality and our meaning-making processes.
The Last Witness of Helios
glass + elemental light, 8"x10", 2022
Flavors Of Rain
glass + elemental light, 8"x10", 2022
ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ʜᴀs ᴀɴ ɪɴsᴛᴀɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪᴛ ɪs. ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ɢʀᴀʙ ʜᴏʟᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɪs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ. ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ɪɴsᴛᴀɴᴛs ᴘᴀssɪɴɢ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɪʀ ɪ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜᴇ: ɪɴ ғɪʀᴇᴡᴏʀᴋs ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴇxᴘʟᴏᴅᴇ sɪʟᴇɴᴛʟʏ ɪɴ sᴘᴀᴄᴇ. ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴏssᴇss ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴛᴏᴍs ᴏғ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴀᴘᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ, ғᴏʀʙɪᴅᴅᴇɴ ʙʏ ɪᴛs ᴠᴇʀʏ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ: ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ sʟɪᴘs ᴀᴡᴀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴsᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏᴏ, ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴛʜɪs ᴠᴇʀʏ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ғᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏᴡ.
ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴀᴍ ʜᴀᴜɴᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴍʏ ɢʜᴏsᴛs, ʙʏ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴍʏᴛʜɪᴄ, ғᴀɴᴛᴀsᴛɪᴄ ᴀɴᴅ ɢɪɢᴀɴᴛɪᴄ: ʟɪғᴇ ɪs sᴜᴘᴇʀɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ. ɪ ᴡᴀʟᴋ ʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢ ᴀɴ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ᴜᴍʙʀᴇʟʟᴀ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴀ ᴛɪɢʜᴛʀᴏᴘᴇ. ɪ ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴍɪᴛ ᴏғ ᴍʏ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍ. ɪ sᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜʀʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪsᴄᴇʀᴀʟ ɪᴍᴘᴜʟsᴇs: ᴛᴏʀᴛᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴠɪsᴄᴇʀᴀ ɢᴜɪᴅᴇ ᴍᴇ.
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛɪғᴜʟ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴇᴀʀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴘᴛʜs ᴏғ ᴍᴇ. ɪᴛ ɪs ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴏғ ɢᴇᴏᴍᴇᴛʀɪᴄ ʟɪɴᴇs ᴄʀɪssᴄʀᴏssɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɪʀ. ɪᴛ ɪs ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ. ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ ʜᴀs ɴᴏ ᴍᴇʟᴏᴅʏ. ɪᴛ ɪs ᴀ ᴡᴀʏ ᴏғ ᴇxᴘʀᴇssɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ. ɪ’ᴍ sᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ.
ᴄʟᴀʀɪᴄᴇ ʟɪsᴘᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ, Áɢᴜᴀ ᴠɪᴠᴀ, 𝟷𝟿𝟽𝟹
The Fire (Pyrois), The Dawn (Aeos), The Blaze (Aethon), The Flame (Phlegon)
glass + elemental light, 8"x10", 2022
Archetypal experiments of the quantum domain, explorations of the relationships between light and darkness that give rise to color, and my ongoing contemplations of questions like, “How does Nature shape the flow of phenomena?” and “What are the archetypal phenomena of light at the quantum level?”
For me, the challenge of quantum phenomena in general, is a challenge to our complacency of mind and an incentive to reach beyond ourselves and into the realm of the unknown and the many mysteries of our existence.
Twilight Speech
glass + elemental light, 8"x10", 2022
In my holographic process, light itself becomes the content, color, and form of sculptural works. My transdisciplinarity praxis is rooted in researching the transmission and dispersion of invisible light (or darkness, to the human eye) into visible, tangible forms of spectral color.
For me, working with light is working with the invisible dimension of experience…a space that encapsulates the mysterious realm of death, the unconscious, and the wild unknown.
Through the imaginal language of light waves, my work aims to make visible the profound impact that the metaphysical, non-linear realm actually has on our perceptual experience of reality and our meaning-making processes.