Statement

In my current work I’ve used contemporary astrophotography as a reference and context. In addition to providing a playground for figure/ground experiments, this has given me the opportunity to reflect on the role of landscape in art.

It occurs to me that the Hubble Space Telescope images occupy the same place in the 21st Century imagination that the paintings of the Lumenist and Hudson River Valley Schools did in the 19th Century. Both technologies/practices produce images that work as icons of awe and as expressions of a reverence for the mystery of the natural world that is so often lacking in modern life.

Some of the earlier work brings together my experience as a motorcycle racer with my passion for astronomy and cosmology. In depicting violent crashes, I am less concerned with terror and pain (although I have experienced both) than I am with exploring the beauty of unintended, unexpected and uncomposed motion through space.