In The Language of The Birds
In The Language of The Birds (2018), The Judy Black Memorial, The large artworks in this exhibition have been created specifically for this site. These artworks are a gathering of individually painted bird/leaf like shapes which form a melodic constellation where no one form dominates and all parts reinforce one another in holistic cohesion. The works have been inspired by watching the shadows from backlit leaves in sunlit trees and listening to the cacophony of multiple species of birds all singing together. Each individual form (each composition consists of about 40 individual pieces) is cut from 2 mm thick expanded PVC sheets and then painted with three colors, red, black, and white..