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How to view the artwork on this website
There are two ways to experience this artwork, literally and metaphorically. Viewed
literally the artwork may appear whimsical, fun, or perhaps a little quirky.

Viewed metaphorically the images and objects in my paintings are carefully created
archetypes, or universal symbols. The sun for example, suggests the fully realized
and awakened state, the realization of Being. A ray of light, or sunbeam, suggests
the extension of Being into the dualistic dimension. The child suggests innocence,
the pear suggests the world of form, and so forth. Through these metaphors the
artwork expresses a view of the world from an awakening perspective and points
toward the possibility of the viewer sharing in that perspective. Mythologist Joseph
Campbell correctly stated: “the most powerful metaphors pitch our awareness past
the limits of the iconography and into a realization beyond mental formations”.
This is a description of the most powerful kind of art.

Take the painting “Sun In A Wheelchair” for example. Viewed literally it is a sun in wheelchair.
Viewed as an elementary symbol it may convey the possibility of shining through limitations.
However, viewed as a potent metaphor, an archetypal image—a universal symbol in other
words, it is a portrait of humanity.

Historical Connections
The many artists in modern history (particularly Morris Graves and Mark Tobey) who sought to
express a universal and ‘sacred’ order through their art have been a compelling influence in my
artwork. (Click above to read their quotes).

Other Influences In My Artwork
Additionally, mythologist, Joseph Campbell, and the great wisdom teachers throughout the ages,
have profoundly influenced my artwork.