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Recognized August 12, 2026

Space Time and The Stage both use flat color blocks to represent 'space' balanced against a linear, grid-like structure representing 'time.' By the artist's own account this was tested in only these two works and was not carried forward as a lasting current in the practice.

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Space Time, 1993
The Stage, 1994

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Bio: Around the same time as Space Time (1993), the artist tested figure painting in a small cluster of works (The Stage, Corner, Self Portraits 1993-1995) before settling into cityscape/landscape work, which came more easily. In recent years the artist has felt a pull toward learning portraiture, drawing an analogy to learning singing versus learning an instrument -- believing landscape, like an instrument, offers external structure to lean on, while portraiture, like the voice, has nowhere to hide a weak line.…