In Process

COMPLEX.

2012. Oil on aluminum. 28 1/4” x 2” x 6”.

In honor of Pynchon in Public Day I am posting images of the paintings I have completed so far in an ongoing series based on Pynchon’s ‘Gravity’s Rainbow.’

Complex is based on the sprawling examination of corporate structures and interests within ‘Gravity’s Rainbow.’ The subject seems ever more relevant in contemporary life, but in treating I.G. Farben as a “character” I can also look to the corresponding American conglomerate as a way to insert a self portrait into the series (even though I am not related to the DuPonts who founded the eponymous chemical manufacturer).

I have begun work on the next works in the series and hope to have them ready for next year’s Pynchon in Public Day (if not for actual exhibition).

VICTORY.

2012. Oil on aluminum. 19 3/4” x 2” x 6”.

In honor of Pynchon in Public Day I am posting images of the paintings I have completed so far in an ongoing series based on Pynchon’s ‘Gravity’s Rainbow.’

Victory is a painting work based on a minor character reference; The character name and the real world referent are on opposite sides of the work. it is the first in many works that I have planned that will raid Pynchon’s fantastical lexicon of character names as source texts for the paintings. Larger works will focus on the organizational structures in the novel or groupings of characters.

ROCKET STUDY.

2011. Oil on aluminum. 24 1/4” x 2” x 8”

In honor of Pynchon in Public Day I am posting images of the paintings I have completed so far in an ongoing series based on Pynchon’s ‘Gravity’s Rainbow.’

Rocket Study is the first work in the series and as the title suggests is a study to see how the series might progress. The numbering represents the mysterious (even mythical) serial numbers on the special V-2 Rockets that drive the novel’s search.

Looking at yesterday’s picture from the studio, this is the very beginning of a new work, this time with a specific site in mind. The intention is to explore the construction and perception in an expanded painting format where the entire work is impossible to see at one time.

In order to highlight the slippage that occurs in within that mental construction, the diptych “panels” will be hung on separate walls. Each unit is a piece of structural aluminum, 80” tall x 3” wide x 6” deep.