NEW PANTHEON
After 2016, I felt so despairing and helpless about the situation of the United States (and the world) that it seemed only miracles and deities could remedy things. In response I began working on New Pantheon, a series of hybrid gods born to confront the world’s challenges. I use collage or traditional Byzantine and Russian Prosopone iconology techniques in egg tempera to depict these new heroes in worldly intercession. Highlighting issues of consumption and dispossession, I sometimes incorporate construction debris, cardboard, and found objects from the street.
New Pantheon is further developed with performative rituals, costumes, prayer cards, votive figurines, and processional banners used in parades and other activations.
Egg tempera, red bole clay, 22K gold leaf on panel, 14 x 11 inches, 2022
Egg tempera, red bole clay, 24K gold leaf on wood icon panel, 15.75 x 11.75, inches, 2017-2022
Egg tempera, red bole clay, 24K gold leaf on panel, 16 x 12 inches, 2016
Egg tempera, red bole clay, 24K gold leaf on panel, 16 x 12 inches, 2016 - 2022
24K gold leaf, metal leaf, acrylic ink, mixed media collage on paper, 75 X 44 inches, 2017 - 2021
Acrylic ink, 24K gold leaf, metal leaf, mixed media collage on paper, 75 X 44 inches, 2017 - 2021
24K gold leaf, metal leaf, acrylic ink, mixed media collage on paper, 75 X 44 inches, 2017 - 2021
Egg tempera, red bole clay, 24K gold leaf on wood icon panel, 9.75 x 7.75 inches, 2016
Egg tempera, red bole clay, 24K gold leaf on found wood construction debris, 48 x 48 inches, 2017
Egg tempera, red bole clay, 24K gold leaf on found wood construction debris, 48 x 48 inches, 2017
Egg tempera, shell gold on construction debris, 48 x 23.5 inches, 2017
Egg tempera, shell gold on construction debris, 48 x 23.5 inches, 2017
