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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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Thursday, February 26, 2009

New Work, Old Work

There is a cycle in my studio efforts. New work becomes old work and old work becomes new. It is all intertwined and interrelated. These images are saying something to me. They are mirrors of the subterrain of my mind. I feel like I am unearthing these objects. The objects are manufactured from a place within and without. I am an archaeologist digging out an image from the surface of my mind and the surface of the canvas.