April 5 - May 10, 2025
From Craighead Green Gallery:
“The title of the show says it all. The words came to me and then the images politely followed. Two very distinct ideas, one in the form of paintings, the other sculpture.
I knew that the paintings would take the shape of helpers, made-up saints that could take things off of our collective plates and watch over us in these ridiculous times. Mundane minutia, big things, small things, weird things, the underwhelming and the overwhelming.
Offering protection from the straws that threaten to break our backs is their specialty, it’s these imaginary protectors’ jam.
Their imbued powers providing visual comfort as well as some amusement.
The sculpture is self explanatory. As a confession, I hoard sticks and logs. Whenever I see something special, some quality that can be carved into something else later on, it comes home with me.
Starting with this menagerie of wood I began playing with ideas of what would become recognizable shapes made extra large.
Seeing common things that we often forget -scaled up- gives an appreciation for other things right in front of us. Overlooked and ordinary objects become intriguing. As common things become invisible to us through familiarity, enlarging them transforms our sensibilities through absurdity. We can apply this to all things, it reminds us that we can see anything with a new perspective and fresh eyes.”
Reception: April 5, 2025 | 5–8 pm
Craighead Green Gallery (Parkhouse Location)
167 Parkhouse Street
Dallas, 75207 Texas
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