STATEMENT

In this series, I have constructed a recessed panel that divides the painting space in half, alluding to architectural space, and to the crucifixion with the painted angles at the top as widely spread arms. The arms are a metaphor for the duality of human versus the divine. I sometimes think of the movement in the side panels as aspects of a loincloth gone wild.

The title of this series also makes reference to the gray matter of our brains, the middle-ground area between the right and left sides in which opposing functions, such as creativity and analysis, are performed. And, finally, the color gray is especially important to painters, it’s made by combining opposites on the color wheel. Again, a unifying aspect.