Thinking about art and making...

Small pieces built out of wood. A very simple idea. An idea that goes back to the early 20th century (at Least) in the work of artist like Picasso, Dove, Schwitters, just to name a few. Then you can fast forward to the late 20th century and look at the work of Richard Tuttle, Rauchenberg and Betty Parsons, etc. These works present a small and simple gesture in an art world currently full of large dramatic efforts. What do these smaller pieces represent in a time of grand gestures? The small pieces are quiet and contemplative in nature. They are asking us to slow down and take a closer look and to move outside of the realm of Hollywood spectical and to think about very basic interaction. Two shapes, three colors, arrangements of forms, how those forms relate to each other. This is an emotional and intellectual effort to see the structure of our existence.