Rebus #1
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), pigment
71 dia. x 3.8 cm/ 28 dia. x 1.5 in.
Collection: Private Collection
Text: "Round, as yet round, my dreams keep revolving" - Bashō, 1694
Rebus #1 (detail)
Rebus #2
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), pigment
70 dia. x 3.8 cm/ 27.5 dia. x 1.5 in.
Text: "Round, as yet round, my dreams keep revolving" - Bashō, 1694
Rebus #2 (detail)
Rebus #3
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), pigment
61 dia. x 3.8 cm/ 24 dia. x 1.5 in.
Collection: Private Collection
Text: "Round, as yet round, my dreams keep revolving" - Bashō, 1694
Rebus #4
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), pigment
46 dia. x 3.8 cm/ 18 dia. x 1.5 in.
Collection: Private Collection
Text: "Round, as yet round, my dreams keep revolving" - Bashō, 1694
Painted Book
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), thread, pigment
73.7 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm/ 29 x 32 x 1 in.
Collection: Art Gallery of Northumberland, Coburg, Ontario
Text: "Like a painted book we will fade away" - Aztec poem, 16th c.
Painted Book (detail)
Dark Rebus #1
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), thread, pigment
46 cm diameter/ 18 in. diameter
Text: "Round, as yet round, my dreams keep revolving" - Bashō, 1694
Dark Rebus #1 (detail)
Dark Rebus #2
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), thread, pigment
46 cm diameter/ 18 in. diameter
Text: "Round, as yet round, my dreams keep revolving" - Bashō, 1694
Dark Rebus #2 (detail)
dark_rebus_2_detail_med
Emptiness/Form
2007. handmade paper (flax fibre), pigment, wax
40.6 x 61 x 1.25 cm/ 16 x 24 x 1/2 in
Text: "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form" -The Heart Sutra
Emptiness / Form (detail)
Form/Emptiness
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), pigment, thread
30.5 x 30.5 x 2 cm/ 12 x 12 x 0.75 ins
Collection: Private Collection
Text: "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form" -The Heart Sutra
Epilogue #1
2007. Materials: handmade paper (abaca fibre), thread, pigment
38 x 76 x 2.5 cm/ 15 x 30 x 1 in.
Text: "A thicket of summer grass is all that remains of the dreams and ambitions of ancient warriors"- Bashō, 1694
Epilogue #1 (detail)
Epilogue #2
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), thread, pigment
53.3 x 75 x 2.5 cm/ 30 x 25 x 1 in.
Text: "A thicket of summer grass is all that remains of the dreams and ambitions of ancient warriors"- Bashō, 1694
Epilogue #2 (detail 1)
Bashō #1
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), pigment
28 dia. x 1.3 cm/ 11 dia. x 0.5 in.
Text: "Round, as yet round, my dreams keep revolving" - Bashō, 1694
Bashō #2
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), pigment
28 dia. x 1.3 cm/ 11 dia. x .5 in.
Text: "Round, as yet round, my dreams keep revolving" - Bashō, 1694
Bashō #3
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), pigment
28.5 dia. x 2 cm/ 11.25 dia. x 0.75 in.
Text: "Round, as yet round, my dreams keep revolving" - Bashō, 1694
Balance
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), thread, pigment
61 x 96.5 x 1.9 cm/ 24 x 38 x .75 in.
Text: "Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment. Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength"- Tao Te Ching, 6th c. BCE
Balance (detail)
Balance_detail
Lesson (after E. Dickinson)
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), pigment, cotton thread
81 x 46 x 3.8 cm/ 32 x 18 X 1.5 in.
Text: "Water is taught by thirst ...Birds by the snow" -Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Lesson (detail)
lessondetail_med_hr
Reminiscence
2007. handmade paper (abaca fibre), pigment, linen thread
32 x 97 x 3.8 cm/ 12.5 x 38 x 1.5 in.
Text: "The weedy grass called reminiscence" - Bashō, 1688
Reminiscence (detail)
Reminiscence_detail