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im-age ar´chae-ol´o-gy™, [im-ij] [ahr-kee-ol-uh-jee], n. 1. The systematic recovery by artistic methods of imagery within the ground of a painting. 2. A dig into the surface ground with the butt of a paintbrush to imprint an image. 3. The space between the figure and the ground from which emerges a skeletal impression of an image. 4. A constant searching for the middle ground through the application of paint and projected thought that culminated into a work of art.

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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Tree Rooted, Acrylic on canvas, 15" x 15"




This painting is heavy on texture.  The image is part of the earth object series.  I like to think of it as a hand clawing the earth.  A large hand on a macroscopic landscape.  Embedded in the canvas are etchings of acorns.