Major Tizzy in the District of Dunes Painting

I have been working on this series of paintings, called the Floaters, for more than 25 years. My method involves floating ordinary objects from nature in shrine-like spaces, made visible by a strong light. As the objects hover near walls, each other, or out into Nature, questions arise as to their ongoing resistance to gravity. This in turn gives rise to a simple question: how else do we buoy up the heart? At the center of these architectural dramas, a simple framed landscape pauses in the air. Is it a view, or is it a picture of one, floating alongside the flight of its whimsical neighbors? Given the specificity of the floating objects and the space they occupy, the question of interior versus exterior inevitably comes to mind. Does the act of floating enhance or blur the distinction between indoors and out? My primary medium, acrylic, relies on glossy liquid mediums and thick gels to enhance its refractive quality. Combining a wide variety of glazes, layered textures and scrapings, I use brushes, silicon paint shapers and squeegees to assist in my long commitment to suspending disbelief. Major Tizzy in the District of Dunes was executed on stretched canvas with 1.5-inch finished sides. The piece is wired and ready to hang, with no framing required.