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Dirty Heart #1
mixed media
22" x 30"
2010
Dirty Heart #2
mixed media
22" x 30"
2010
Dirty Heart #3
mixed media
22" x 30"
2010
Dirty Heart #4
mixed media
22" x 30"
2010
Dirty Heart #5
mixe media on paper
30" x 22"
2010
Dirty Heart #6
mixed media
22" x 30"
2010
Dirty Heart #7
mixed media
22" x 30 "
2010
Dirty Heart #8
mixed media
30" x 22"
2010
Dirty Heart #9
mixed media
30" x 22"
2010
Dirty Heart #10
mixed media
22" x 30"
2010
Dirty Heart #11
mixed media
22" x 30"
2010
Dirty Heart #13
mixed media
30" x 22"
2010
Dirty Heart #14
mixed media
28" x 22"
2010
Dirty Heart #15
mixed media
24" x 22"
2010
Dirty Heart #16
mixed media
2010
Dirty Heart #17
mixed media
22" x 22"
2010
Dirty Heart #18
mixed media
20" x 16"
2010

If I were to try to pin down the fundamentals of my aesthetic sense, I could say it is Bauhaus meets Wabi-Sabi with a bit of Punk thrown into the mix. Bauhaus for clarity and sophisticated grace, wabi-sabi for the intimacy, natural gestures, and focus on process , and punk for the raw dirty outrageous gutsiness of being alive.

This mix also describes the how I feel about the human heart, which is an impossible combination of dirt and gorgeousness. These brush drawings are meditations on the human heart. Many of them have a spot of red sealing wax in them, which stands for the official acknowledgement that this heart is, indeed, mine.

Note on dirt: I live in an area of the country where the word "dirt" always goes along with the word "rich." Things grow in it. Flowers bloom out of it.