Wednesday, August 29, 2012

LIVE @ Liv

LIVE @ LIV, a new arts & entertainment series is happening THURSDAY September 6th @ 7pm ! Joel Smith will be reading fiction and I'll be reading some new poems ! My visual art will be on display through October 23rd ! LIV at St. Philip's Plaza is open 8am-9pm their bistro hours are 8am to 3pm.


Friday, August 10, 2012

NINE CIRCLES MAKE A RAINBOW AND A TARGET

NINE CIRCLES MAKE A RAINBOW AND A TARGET 36" x 36" acrylic and graphite on canvas
$599
EKPHRASIS: NEW WORK INSPIRED BY THE DEVINE COMEDY
“Nine Circles” refers to Dante’s description of Hell. The structure and orientation of the circles in this painting are based on Michael Mazur’s monotype for Canto XI, which appears in Pinsky’s translation of the Inferno. It is not a coincidence that Dante’s circles appear in my painting both as a target and as a rainbow, a symbol for gay pride. Gays are often targets of brutality. The pink arc with red road markers represents the seventh circle, in which Dante houses those who commit sins of violence. The absent road markers in the upper right symbolize a break in the cycle of violence.