ICONS

ICON

The Life of ICONS I - Western Mandala (Creation) II - Wombs and Seeds (Sustenance) III - Homefire (Destruction) Oil on linen each 84"H x 84"W

The origin of ICON is a mystery. ICON functions as an integral element of the Cornfield installation, evolving from two-dimensional geometry into a three-dimensional living symbol as seen in the Cornfield cinematic animation.

ICON also works as a visual farm, planted with crops of imagery rotated through the fields of the structure. It is symbol of mind, a device, a hierarchy, a home, a Mother.

ICON is all these things and more . . .

A poem of Wombs and Seeds

"A seed planter, A nutcracker, A dark horse running wild in the corn . . .
A grain crusher, An egg hatcher, A seedling ensnares Tiepolo's horn.

A depth diver, A love giver, A God seeker urgin'
Pablo's rooster, the Papal acorns, a pitchfork, and a virgin

Patchwork quilt floating on sacred ground

In the center Love is found."

Borrowings: Rembrandt’s Mill, Tieplolo's The Sacrifice of Issac, Picasso’s Cock of Liberation,

Michelangelo’s Nuts (Papal acorns) from the Sistine Chapel.