In this piece, I wanted to combine multiple line types and their associated emotions into a single movement. I developed this abstract “sketch” using only black slate tesserae with sandstone and terra cotta colored thinset. This resulted in a wonderful and unexpected lenticular movement of
Here Be Dragons refers to the illustrations of mythological creatures on early maps to indicate dangerous, unexplored or uncharted regions. This triptych of three “dragons” represent land, water and air. However, the real danger is not from but, rather, to these regions of earth and
Species diversity dramatically goes up as one travels from the Earth's poles (low diversity) to the equator (high diversity). With this intensification of diversity, the species populations become much smaller, more isolated and increasingly susceptible to rapid environmental changes. Human caused impacts are devastating these
Species diversity dramatically goes up as one travels from the Earth's poles (low diversity) to the equator (high diversity). With this intensification of diversity, the species populations become much smaller, more isolated and increasingly susceptible to rapid environmental changes. Human caused impacts are devastating these
Species diversity dramatically goes up as one travels from the earth's poles (low diversity) to the equator (high diversity). With this intensification of diversity, the species populations become much smaller, more isolated and increasingly susceptible to rapid environmental changes. Human caused impacts are devastating these
A euphemism for the extinction of living species. Human-caused global environmental impacts are already leading to deleterious effects on the earth’s species such as bats, amphibians and coral reefs. Experts are saying that it’s likely we are at the start of the earth’s 6th major
The capacity for space, food and energy is limited by Earth's finite size and resources. Given these limitations, it is estimated that the Earth can support about 10 billion people. The human population is predicted to grow to over 10 billion by about 2050. It
Geological history has told us that the Earth has endured 5 major species extinctions. In each of those, the living reefs completely disappeared for millions of years. Today, human caused global climate change is raising the temperature and acidity of our oceans which is damaging
With composite I, once again, explored my favorite mathematician, Fibonacci, and nature's patterns that are reflected in that math. You can see this in the central emblem that I patterned from the core of a blooming sunflower. With this piece, I also continued the exploration
When I started work on this piece, I was contemplating heaven, hell, and our corporeal existence which was quite extraordinary for a secular man. As I developed the work, my focus quickly turned toward our physical lives on Earth and how humans, all of us