Ideas from 2013
City Roots: London, mixed media on maple ply, 2013 I Structure: Information theory To my mind, the moment and the memory are the mysterious quanta at the forefront of human understanding that need to be analyzed, cogitated, measured, and theorized in much the same way as Max Plank's quantic energies of a century ago. (as explained by Mr. Richard Fyneman) Meaning and Artwork: Labor is important in my notion of artwork because of my interest in meaning (semiotics). In architecture, also, codes and meaning, responsibility for "every mark made on the page", is an a priori supposition. In woodworking: if every move you make is a pain in the ass, you make sure it's the right move first. Also in painting. But, there is the notion that all thought is only precursor or corollary to intuition. So my paintings are trying to hold both analysis and intuition, calculation and feeling, and are often about that struggle. Art is the place where