The Yips, turns to the world of sports to explore how the spectacle of athletics can be a useful lens in our time to address ideas of the sublime, the unknown, limitations, failure and transcendence.
The word sublime is made of a combination of the preposition sub, meaning “up to,” and some sources say, limen, “the threshold,” or lintel of “a doorway,” while others refer to limes, a “boundary or limit.” Many of the prints contain a subject that is suspended in the air, representing this liminal space by being simultaneously inanimate and animate and hanging neither in the heavens nor here on earth.
The word sublime is made of a combination of the preposition sub, meaning “up to,” and some sources say, limen, “the threshold,” or lintel of “a doorway,” while others refer to limes, a “boundary or limit.” Many of the prints contain a subject that is suspended in the air, representing this liminal space by being simultaneously inanimate and animate and hanging neither in the heavens nor here on earth.
The Yips
2017
*The Yips are a sudden loss of motor skills often occurring to mid-career athletes. They arrive unexpectedly and become so devastating to the athlete’s life and career that the fear of the yips becomes the very reason for their future arrival. The Yips usually end the athlete’s career and are feared to be contagious so alienate the athlete from their friends and teammates.
The Reward of Paragliding Lies In The Ineffable
CMYK four color laser etched woodcut on Fabriano
22” x 17.5”
This unfortunate paraglider found the only vertical obstacle they could find and became entangled in it finding himself stuck neither in the heavens nor here on earth. The title comes from a Eugene Delacroix quote, "The reward of painting lies in the ineffable."
CMYK four color laser etched woodcut on Fabriano
22” x 17.5”
This unfortunate paraglider found the only vertical obstacle they could find and became entangled in it finding himself stuck neither in the heavens nor here on earth. The title comes from a Eugene Delacroix quote, "The reward of painting lies in the ineffable."
Barn Leap Into The Void
Single color laser woodcut on Fabriano
22" x 15"
The title references the Yves Klein quote, "I am a painter of space, to paint it I must go there."
Single color laser woodcut on Fabriano
22" x 15"
The title references the Yves Klein quote, "I am a painter of space, to paint it I must go there."
Warm Clouds
Duotone laser woodcut on Fabriano
22" x 17.5"
Duotone laser woodcut on Fabriano
22" x 17.5"
Cold Clouds
Duotone laser woodcut on Fabriano
22” x 17.5”
Duotone laser woodcut on Fabriano
22” x 17.5”
What’s Going To Happen To Me?Four color CMYK laser woodcut on Stonehenge
9” x 12"
9” x 12"
A Hard Ground
Duotone laser woodcut on Stonehenge
30" x 22"
A laser etched woodcut of the woodgrain from a basketball court.
Duotone laser woodcut on Stonehenge
30" x 22"
A laser etched woodcut of the woodgrain from a basketball court.
The Fear Of Nothing Else Happening
Single color woodcut on Stonehenge
22” x 22”
The concept of one’s own limitations is closely related to mortality. When an image freezes a subject in a state of suspension, like the mascots stuck on a rope or the stillness of an image itself, they are temporarily freed from the forces that pull us to our graves. Lyotard said that Burke’s terror is linked to privation, “privation of light, terror of darkness…privation of language, terror of silence.” What is terrifying is the idea of nothing else happening, like an image of an empty stadium.
22” x 22”
The concept of one’s own limitations is closely related to mortality. When an image freezes a subject in a state of suspension, like the mascots stuck on a rope or the stillness of an image itself, they are temporarily freed from the forces that pull us to our graves. Lyotard said that Burke’s terror is linked to privation, “privation of light, terror of darkness…privation of language, terror of silence.” What is terrifying is the idea of nothing else happening, like an image of an empty stadium.
Full Court Press
Two color reductive woodcut on Fabriano
30” x 22”
This image comes from close up photograph of the ground from an outdoor basketball court.
Two color reductive woodcut on Fabriano
30” x 22”
This image comes from close up photograph of the ground from an outdoor basketball court.
The Forest Doesn’t Know You Exist
Single color woodcut on Stonehenge
17.5” x 15”
17.5” x 15”
I Made Every Mistake I Could Have Made
Two color screen print on stonehenge
18" x 15"
There have been three occasions in professional sports where mascots have become stuck while descending from the rafters in a pregame stunt. The word sublime is made of a combination of the preposition sub, meaning “up to,” and some sources say, limen, “the threshold,” or lintel of “a doorway,” while others refer to limes, a “boundary or limit.” The suspended mascots represent this liminal space by being simultaneously inanimate and animate and hanging in neither the heavens nor here on earth. This is 1/3 hanging mascots.
18" x 15"
There have been three occasions in professional sports where mascots have become stuck while descending from the rafters in a pregame stunt. The word sublime is made of a combination of the preposition sub, meaning “up to,” and some sources say, limen, “the threshold,” or lintel of “a doorway,” while others refer to limes, a “boundary or limit.” The suspended mascots represent this liminal space by being simultaneously inanimate and animate and hanging in neither the heavens nor here on earth. This is 1/3 hanging mascots.
