2021 After the Shadow
Mapping the Rift
36” x 36”
Acrylic on Canvas
Fall 2020
Double Blast
34” x 34”
Oil on Canvas
Fall 2020
Translation Taxonomy
24” x 36”
Acrylic and pencil on unprimed canvas
Fall 2020
Polarity Veil
36” x 36”
Acrylic on Canvas
Fall 2020
After the Shadow
48” x 60”
Acrylic on Canvas
Fall 2020
After the Shadow
When a color is contextualized by its place in a familiar framework, like the spectrum, sets of primaries, or binary opposites, it acquires a concrete identity. This semiotic clarity erodes as a color shifts across the field. It departs from its name, becoming unnamed as it advances toward another name. Known units of color are words that dissolve into phonetic particles; they exist outside of language. Each unit is in flux, actively engaged in the transformation of the particles that connect to it.
As definitions of colors dissolve, so does the boundary between observer and image. Frontal surfaces lose their opacity as color concept gives way to color sense. Though the field is structured with compositional indifference, shadows and warped matrices compel a reading of space, and seriality indicates passing time and shifting atmosphere. Differing gravitational pressures develop within the frame, engaging the observer in simultaneous conditions of expulsion and entrapment. By analogising audible, spatial, and temporal impressions, chromatic systems have the capacity to produce small destabilizations that create room for the prosthetic fusion of senses, leading to broader opportunities for synesthetic experience.