Money and wealth...maybe a little power. The stuff of dreams. Pursuit of Money (2004) nicely represents the wonderful peer pressure we experience through out our lives. All of us collectively attached - collectively spaced to keep our identity. We gang up inside our cliques; working to best advance our interests. Our sanity instantly gratified through debt. So - Where's my Money?
Layer 1 uses David Nagel's series 6 brushes to develop an ethereal roughness for our community to float within. The PS polygon shape tool is used to generate dozens of entities (layer 2.) The same tool, at a different size, by subtraction, creates distortions in the shapes (layer 3). Different fills and patterns define our groups. In the final composition, another galaxy appears nearby, attracted by our aura of health.
At 6 feet by 4 feet, Expressions dominate any room they hang out in.
Of course now I see dozens and dozens of kites, lost underwater by three bright eyed children from... hmmm. Maybe an alien fleet converging on a gas nebula, tracking an enemy that just.. ahhh - Let's just look at the pretty painting and imagine for ourselves.
Expressions: Pursuit of Money (2004)
