Motherboard Series
2015-2018
gouache on paper
14"X 11"
These motherboards have imaginary, fictional functions--such as talking to the dead or communicating with past civilizations.
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Pegasus Motherboard |
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Snake Motherboard
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Watchful Motherboard
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Flowering Motherboard |
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Green Motherboard |
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Waterfall Motherboard
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Planet Motherboard
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Nile Motherboard |
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Ocean Palace Motherboard |
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Gothic Motherboard |
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Subway Motherboard |
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Serpent Motherboard
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Balancing Motherboard
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Self-portrait Motherboard |
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Motherboard Garden |
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Gotham Motherboard |
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Digital Narcissism
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Calligraphic Motherboard
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Spring Motherboard |
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India Motherboard |
Motherboard Series
In my paintings I have always been inspired by the beauty of
machinery's mysterious complexity, and by the pataphysical and fantastical
machines of early modernism. Now, in the digital age, I am enchanted by the
implicit abstract beauty of circuit boards and by the variety of interrelated
shapes and patterns all adapted to fit the rectangular background of the board.
I am fascinated by the connectors, like bridges, that carry information between
the components. Each geometric shape represents an electronic function, yet,
except for their designers, few other individuals understand those functions.
My imaginary motherboards are hybrids that incorporate
fragments of elements from circuits and motherboards. These elements are
combined with art from the past, thus linking past and present, and pointing to
the future.
Metaphorical machines might encompass imaginary processes
that can enable us to communicate with the ancient Mayans, Egyptians, and
Romans, or with the afterlife, in the hidden realms that ordinarily elude our
conscious awareness.
