Encoded

An earlier body of work. Some carry Morse code across the surface: love and hate, feelings compressed into signal instead of image. Others have sections of the face scraped away entirely. Depression, loss. What lies underneath and cannot be read. These were the paintings that made the problem clear. The face alone was not enough. What needed saying could not be said through likeness.

(Top L -R) Love, Hope, Fear, Hate (Tetraptych) 
Oil on Canvas, Frames 60W x 60H (in) #687 ©
Love 
Oil on Flat Canvas 12W x 16H (in) #583 ©
Hope 
Oil on Flat Canvas 12W x 16H (in) #584 ©
Fear 
Oil on Flat Canvas 12W x 16H (in) #585 ©
Hate 
Oil on Flat Canvas 12W x 16H (in) #586 ©
Depression 
Oil on Flat Canvas 12W x 16H (in) #595 ©
Loss 
Oil on Flat Canvas 12W x 16H (in) #593 ©
Trapped 
Oil on Flat Canvas 12W x 16H (in) #594 ©