Presence, Oil 32" x 30" $2800

The monumental structure of the house has been reduced to simple stacked geometrical shapes. These forms interlock and unite to form a large stable geometric form that penetrates into the vast sky. As an inhabitable space, we transcend the geometrical inert box it appears as. We know it has an interior that is hidden from us, an inner reality. This house has also become an allegory of human existence, despite the obvious physical incongruities. According to the philosopher Bachelard in his book The Poetics of Space, - A geometrical object of this kind ought to resist metaphors that welcome the human body and the human soul. But transposition to the human plane takes place immediately whenever a house is considered- In contrast with the concrete presence of the house, the atmosphere is mysterious and dreamlike. Initially, the house appears as little more than a silhouette until the internal color relationships unfold and complete the structure. There is a vaporous quality to the air that allows the house to breathe, the boundaries expand and contract, dissolve and solidify. This dreamlike quality engages and creates a space - where details grow dim, hours pass unnoticed and space stretches out interminably, to daydreams of infinity- Bachelard, 1994, 189. The sense of timelessness, or infinity is amplified through the surface that is built up of many layers creating a permeable space for the silence to penetrate.