They Might Be Giants (Triptych) 1 33 x 25 inch Graphite on paper 2020
They Might Be Giants (Triptych) 2 33 x 25 inch Graphite on paper 2020
They Might Be Giants (Triptych) 3 33 x 25 inch Graphite on paper 2020
They Might Be Giants (Triptych) + Off Guard, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, 2020
Off Guard 12 x 4 inches Graphite on clay 2020
They Might Be Giants 90 x 55 inch Graphite on paper 2020
Archive Building 24 Polaroids (#1 - #20 shown) Oil on Polaroids 2020
Archive Building 14 4.25 x 3.5 inches Oil on Polaroid 2020
Archive Building 10 4.25 x 3.5 inches Oil on Polaroid 2020
Archive Building 7 4.25 x 3.5 inches Oil on Polaroid 2020
Archive Building 15 4.25 x 3.5 inches Oil on Polaroid 2020
Archive Building 6 4.25 x 3.5 inches Oil on Polaroid 2020
They Might Be Giants (Triptych) and Amendments, The Aldrich Museum, 2020
Amendments, The Aldrich Museum, 2020
Amendments, The Aldrich Museum, 2020
Twenty Twenty newspaper, The Aldrich Museum, 2020
House of Cards, The Aldrich Museum, 2020
House of Cards, The Aldrich Museum, 2020
Card num. 1, Oil on board with post office marks
Card num. 7, Oil on board with post office marks
They Might Be Giants is inspired by an invitation to participate in an group exhibition at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum regarding the 2020 US election. My research led me to visit the National Archives in Washington DC where the US Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights are housed. Walking up the grand staircase on Constitution Ave., I fixated on the buildings enormous bronze doors – 38 feet high and over 6 tons. A photograph of the doors from 1936 that shows the relationship in scale between the guard and the door is the subject of my recent work They Might Be Giants. The title is a reference to Cervantes' Don Quixote; the 'Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha' who believes that the windmills he sees in the distance are 'hulking giants' and mistakes their blades for 'long arms'. Feeling threatened by his delusion, he declares his intention to
They Might Be Giants (Triptych) 1 33 x 25 inch Graphite on paper 2020
They Might Be Giants (Triptych) 2 33 x 25 inch Graphite on paper 2020
They Might Be Giants (Triptych) 3 33 x 25 inch Graphite on paper 2020
They Might Be Giants (Triptych) + Off Guard, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, 2020
Off Guard 12 x 4 inches Graphite on clay 2020
They Might Be Giants 90 x 55 inch Graphite on paper 2020
Archive Building 24 Polaroids (#1 - #20 shown) Oil on Polaroids 2020
Archive Building 14 4.25 x 3.5 inches Oil on Polaroid 2020
Archive Building 10 4.25 x 3.5 inches Oil on Polaroid 2020
Archive Building 7 4.25 x 3.5 inches Oil on Polaroid 2020
Archive Building 15 4.25 x 3.5 inches Oil on Polaroid 2020
Archive Building 6 4.25 x 3.5 inches Oil on Polaroid 2020
They Might Be Giants (Triptych) and Amendments, The Aldrich Museum, 2020
Amendments, The Aldrich Museum, 2020
Amendments, The Aldrich Museum, 2020
Twenty Twenty newspaper, The Aldrich Museum, 2020
House of Cards, The Aldrich Museum, 2020
House of Cards, The Aldrich Museum, 2020
Card num. 1, Oil on board with post office marks
Card num. 7, Oil on board with post office marks
They Might Be Giants is inspired by an invitation to participate in an group exhibition at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum regarding the 2020 US election. My research led me to visit the National Archives in Washington DC where the US Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights are housed. Walking up the grand staircase on Constitution Ave., I fixated on the buildings enormous bronze doors – 38 feet high and over 6 tons. A photograph of the doors from 1936 that shows the relationship in scale between the guard and the door is the subject of my recent work They Might Be Giants. The title is a reference to Cervantes' Don Quixote; the 'Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha' who believes that the windmills he sees in the distance are 'hulking giants' and mistakes their blades for 'long arms'. Feeling threatened by his delusion, he declares his intention to