ELEMENTALS

with David Griffin. November 8-14, 2024. Beaver Hall Gallery, 29 McCaul St, Toronto.

The world is made of bits and pieces, threads and fragments. These can be viewed at many scales, and rearranged to become songs and stories which move beyond the organic structures that we think we see. When we look closely at nature, there is a mess of marks, gestures, and colour. Stepping back, we grasp a complex world that includes ourselves. ‘Elementals’ interconnects the intricate and the simple, and explores the visual poetics of natural processes: growth, abundance, and entanglement.

Geometry is Life!

February 5-16, 2020. Propeller Gallery, Toronto.

My work takes inspiration from geometry. For me the square and the circle are starting points. And ending points. The square, defined by the horizontal and the vertical: it’s all you need. The circle: a snake biting its tail; the beginning and end; the still point. Geometric archetypes. But there is no perfect circle; there is no perfect square. The beauty of Pythagoras is within our minds. Rendered by the human hand, the square becomes imperfect, and becomes a part of the human world – where imperfection reigns. The rhythm of imperfection is beauty, where order and chaos dance, and sometimes balance.