These paintings are an exploration of symbolism and meaning.
Artist Statement
Symbols are a powerful and pervasive part of human life on Earth. Where a symbol is born, meaning arises, along with judgment, followers, haters, waves of good works, playground wars, culture wars, and world wars. Symbols aid us in constructing the precarious towers of our identities, which we defend to the last, often in spite of the neighbor, the co-worker, the alien, or the person in need. They become a comfortable hiding place from quality engagement with the peoples of the world around us, and excel at blinding us from truth in the political, religious, cultural, and societal issues at hand. Symbols mean such different things to so many different people; one begins to wonder if they mean anything at all. To bear a symbol is a great responsibility; before we sing for the world to hear us, we must know our song well.
Symbols are a powerful and pervasive part of human life on Earth. Where a symbol is born, meaning arises, along with judgment, followers, haters, waves of good works, playground wars, culture wars, and world wars. Symbols aid us in constructing the precarious towers of our identities, which we defend to the last, often in spite of the neighbor, the co-worker, the alien, or the person in need. They become a comfortable hiding place from quality engagement with the peoples of the world around us, and excel at blinding us from truth in the political, religious, cultural, and societal issues at hand. Symbols mean such different things to so many different people; one begins to wonder if they mean anything at all. To bear a symbol is a great responsibility; before we sing for the world to hear us, we must know our song well.
