Monday, January 31, 2011

Unconditional (01)

Unconditional (01)
Mixed media on board
36x24 inches, 2010

My “Unconditional” series introduces more direct symbolic imagery into my work. The symbol of a cross is woven with kitchen twine over an abstract “heart center” in the painting. There is something unsettling about the way in which the twine embraces the heart and, at the same time, binds it.