Here & Now Painting

This is part of a series that uses schematic images to examine the linear concept of time or the understanding that we are constantly moving forward into the future and out of the past. I am interested in alternative explanations of time as more circular, or a phenomenon that is relative or even illusory. This current work is inspired by European Neolithic images from 7000 - 3500 BC. While many artists have been interested in so called "primitive" artwork of either contemporary or ancient cultures, a closer study reveals the sophistication and skill of these ancient artists and art forms. Their simplification of images produced an abstract, symbolic, conceptual art that relates to contemporary artists’ striving to express timeless ideas.