PROPHETS
2022
48” x 60” x 1.5”
Mixed Media

A few years ago I took a photo of a bathroom door while driving through East Tennessee on my way from Arkansas to New York. As I got lost in the endless sea of names, symbols and abstract scratches, I realized that no language is without meaning. Societal interaction and hieroglyphics takes many different forms. When you share a little bit of yourself with others through communication, even in passing, you crack the door to the emotional vulnerabilities of your character and sometimes even allow a tiny peek into the windows of your soul.

Love, passion, anger, sadness, faith, wonder, hatred, happiness, these are all human emotions that in one way or another are documented in our everyday actions. Even through the brief, spontaneous scratching of paint and echoing of voices through in the privacy of a bathroom stall.

I found this door incredible and wanted to portray it in a painting. The gold leaf is some of the 24 karat gold that I have on hand for special projects.