PORTFOLIO.diptychs

Formally and thematically I work with a square and a rectangle of two squares: I rediscovered this proportion from the Japanese tatami mat, a place for one to lie down or two to sit together, being alone or with others. A tatami mat is about three feet wide and six feet long, the proportion of the human body. When I visited Japan in 2004, I was taken with the harmony and quiet beauty of homes built for 300 years based on this double square module.
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Rust and Bones Winter
2006, 36” x 18” x 4"
encaustic, metal, wood, paper, bone
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Decades Strong
2009, 27” x 13”
encaustic on iron
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Memory
2014, 20" x 10" x 3"
encaustic, paper, metal
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Line Through I
2012, 24” x 12”
encaustic,
paper, copper
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Line Through II
2012, 24” x 12”
encaustic,
paper, tin
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The Line
2011, 16” x 8” x 6”
encaustic/copper, metal spring
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The Way
2012, 15” x 7.5”
encaustic on tin
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Duct Tape Dip I
2010, 35” x 16”
encaustic, paper,
tape, metal
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Duct Tape Dip II
32” x 16”
encaustic, paper,
tape, metal