“If geography is prose, maps are iconography.”
Atlas Series.
I. Australia.
Acrylic on Paper
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
II. Indian Ocean.
Acrylic on Paper
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Atlas Series
Maps have special meaning to me. They show me where I've been, and where I've yet to explore. They are the visual layout of a place, its veins and arteries. They are also a symbol, because one cannot really trace on paper what is made of life, movement, chaos and feeling. It is the same with art
The paintings I'll be sharing this week are part of a series I began several years ago, where I use the pages of an Atlas from the 1950’s as a canvas.
Atlas Series
There are maps that lead us back to who we are. We collect the parts of a puzzle that was separated by time and distance and we recognize who we have always been.
The places we go to define us for a while, but the real map is the one within, the one that connects every aspect of ourselves.
Rome.
Acrylic on paper.
10.62” by 12.79” (27 by 32.5 cm).
2018.