Jiggety-Joggety
Intelligence can be measured in different ways as it is in art history.
Just because the Venus of Willendorf isn’t rendered realistically like some baroque sculpture, it does not mean that it is less knowledgeable about the world. So then what does it tell us? What about the non-literal is meaningful? —It opens other doors to other kinds of knowing.
The elements in these paintings eventually find themselves unfolding their own virtues.
The pigeons exemplify this; they represent both the highest forms of meaning in societyand also the lowliest part of society.
Inevitably the paintings ask the viewer to find a way to connect. Even in the figures’ abstractions (i.e. the hands and circles) are recognized by the viewer as representing a human figure. The layering of elements in the works suggest that we live in a complicated world—and the realization that everything is connected somehow.
“If the true artist is connected, then he or she has much to give us because it is a connection that we seek.” —Jeanette Winterson, Art Objects, 1995
Just because the Venus of Willendorf isn’t rendered realistically like some baroque sculpture, it does not mean that it is less knowledgeable about the world. So then what does it tell us? What about the non-literal is meaningful? —It opens other doors to other kinds of knowing.
The elements in these paintings eventually find themselves unfolding their own virtues.
The pigeons exemplify this; they represent both the highest forms of meaning in societyand also the lowliest part of society.
Inevitably the paintings ask the viewer to find a way to connect. Even in the figures’ abstractions (i.e. the hands and circles) are recognized by the viewer as representing a human figure. The layering of elements in the works suggest that we live in a complicated world—and the realization that everything is connected somehow.
“If the true artist is connected, then he or she has much to give us because it is a connection that we seek.” —Jeanette Winterson, Art Objects, 1995
Feed the Birds, Walt (Tuppence). Oil on panel. 48" x 60." 2006
Cathy (My Red Sweater). Oil and oil pastel on panel. 32" x 36." 2006
Joan of Arc (1928). Oil on canvas. 48" x 48."
Virgin and Child Enthroned (Presenting Modernism, Cimabue). Oil on canvas. 52" x 72." 2005
Cave Paintings and Enlightenment (Berlinghieri). Oil on canvas. 42" x 60." 2005
St. Francis Preaching to the Birds (Pigeons Like the City). Oil on panel. 48" x 48." 2005
