KAIROS

continues

panel no.2 +

named appropriately

paper painted/torn/reformed

36x36”

Kairos

36x36” canvas black box = Paper painted/torn + reformed

continual rebirth

surrounding
measure; proportion
(of time): period; season
(often in a positive sense)
proper time; perfect, delicate, crucial moment; the fleeting rightness of time and place that create the opportune atmosphere for action, words or movement

Opportunity
(loosely): Godspeed; God’s time
(in the plural): the times
advantage; profit =

καιρός

Meditation = time/illumination/fragmented realities

Background: a gun (toy/not toy) directly pointed or the frame of a fresh start/skin shedding/holy smoke/ natural world/ deep renewal

#1 TRICK: RISE

Painted paper torn

Reference is 24 x 36” of personal M&O moment photographed in India. The story behind it involves a monsoon, a lagoon + courageous me. This rising parrot was my ghost design brand image for 15yrs + formulated the company name RiseJewelry.
+ replaced

A professional pivot away/towards these birds is now a matter of perception.

TRICK DETAILS HERE

FROM THIN AIR

Divine Greek Masculine Feminine Soul

Feel: energetic reality within ancient knowingness + (juicy lower lip) chewing tattooed peace within brutal journey of truth

no lines were drawn/“two to look, one to see”

+ the eye tracks canvas side —> canvas side

Paper painted/torn/reformed 36 x 30”canvas

FORTUNE

TELLER:

spirit/ancient hands presenting:

12 x 12” paper painted/torn/reformed

greatest truth answered + ask again later

LEMONADE

PAPER painted/torn/reformed = self-portrait as the embodiment of fluid

24 x 30"

On January 5, 1995 a Pittsburg bank robbery without masks revealed 2 men + their belief that lemon juice would make them invisible to cameras. I was in the market for invisibility shielding back then + never forgot this story.
This piece goes sorta like that, differently.
Masks are created for a reason + for many, invisibly is easier than speaking. Like this artist half-a-face so sweetly rebuilt, publicly few can spot the rigid/unnatural. There it is difficult to speak + now it has nothing to do with the metal that rebuilt it. Another’s word can be affective enough to silent the silenced, even if it’s mistruth. Abracadabra IRL: as I speak, I create/correct a reality created without permission.
For those bothered by outside chill + cubed + chin-up, sight/sounds are inside holding truth.

Sugar within dissolving the sour of betrayal + a solid overpour = forgiveness for foolish surrounding.

All of it a watermark ring splash of sticky remembrance, until wiped clean.
For all appearances:

a canvas reflection of invisibility shielding to bitterness + reformed into less self/more fluid…evermore wholesomely good + universally loved.

Trick: Pleochroism

One Canvas / Paper Painted/Torn/Reformed 5x / 2018-2022

In 2018, a stonecutter presented the optical phenomenon called pleochroism. Watching a crystal completely change its color by polarized wavelengths of light was fascinating to me. Several days later + still on my mind, this draft was created.

The idea was to use one canvas = an original crystal cluster experiencing where the light enters. By using one canvas, the process required imagery no longer observed to be stripped away for the next light treatment/stage. When the paint is paper, deconstruction = sculptural + another mental twist.

This also allows for a sort of archival result of color to build on its own + carry through each piece to the final piece/conclusion of places where the light has been.

start

ink painted paper + torn + reformed on canvas
LIGHT #1

ink painted paper, torn
light #2

acrylic painted paper ,torn
TIME-OUT
Stripped
conclusion

places where light has been
PLEOCHROISM

24 x 24”
ink + acrylic painted + torn paper on canvas
Draft

ink + acrylic painted paper

Deus ex Machina

Paper painted + Torn + Reformed
Deus ex machina “god out of the machine” is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly resolved by an unexpected or unlikely occurrence. Generally its function is to resolve the otherwise irresolvable by surprising the audience with a happy ending / comedic device.
The machine is coined from ancient Greek theater where actors playing gods were brought onto stage using a machine. The machine = a crane used to lower actors from above or a riser that brought them up through a trapdoor.
Personal + created within indigo void wherein one’s own truth sat with oneness + a chin up long enough to witness a heavenly drop:
MH dancer outstretched, Nancy with the spirit of Nicki, and a specialist with angel in her first name + royal was her last.
Artist Noting:
At first glance the dancer’s hand is just that + stay there and it becomes a child’s. This was necessary. The shoes had to be green because they were, same deal with braids + holiest blues. The resulting tone feels neither bad nor good, it just is = bullseye.
Meta punctuation:
The use of balcony shadow reflecting things that start as seed + a kingdom protected…restored to happily ever after for now.
Conclusion —>
40 x 30” Deus ex Machina