THE HIVE MIND DREAMS OF SLEEPING

SOLO EXHIBITION, TINNEY CONTEMPORARY

October 15-November 26, 2022

The phrase came to me as I was working on the painting which now carries that title; this happens often as I work—phrases or words floating up from my subconscious and across the screen of my conscious mind. THE HIVE MIND DREAMS OF SLEEPING resonated with me intuitively on multiple levels. Symbolically, to dream of sleep can represent polar-opposite scenarios: a feeling of peace rooted in the belief that all is right and well versus being ignorant of/ignoring facts; that we live in a world where we have easy access to such a volume of information and can communicate with relative ease to basically anyone (and at any time) can also yield polar-opposite feelings of exhilaration versus overwhelm. During the collective and individual moments of overwhelm, are we dreaming of sleep, or sleeping to dream?

The overarching theme and narrative in this body of work is an observation on What We Worship. Throughout human existence there has been an inclination to worship an Other; we worship gods, nature, ancestors, money, power, stature, celebrity, material things, technology, a beloved, and even our individual selves.

The predominant palette used in this body of work is symbolic: blue, of the spiritual/air/the eternal and transcendent; earth reds and browns, the corporeal/the temporal and earthly; coral, love and protection; green, life and renewal. The recurring theme of the cup/vessels is representative of the spirit, intuition, and the feminine.