Peace

The making of this print from the book “river” was pretty different experience for me.  Using abstract colors and color combinations to attempt to convey one of the more abstract ideas from the book.  At first I had felt like this particular print was a failure but the more I look at it the more it grows on me.  When I first showed the book at the Flanders Gallery in Raleigh I was surprised at the response to this particular print.  It seemed to garner the most attention and was many people’s favorite from the book.  It comes from a part in the story where the river is about to finally take a rest from it’s constant flowing.  In essense, the river is actively instituting its own peace for itself at the expense of everything around it.  When I first conceived the story, this pivital moment I likened to those moments of selfish choice in our own lives and the consequences they lead to.  Now looking back it forces me to re-examine the notion of peace I’ve become accustomed to and perhaps most importantly how that idea is connected to all other things.

I promise to post the entire story in the near future…check back soon.