DRAWINGS

The title 40 years … references the Bruce Cockburn song bearing the same name … “Forty years of days and nights—angels hovering near, Kept me moving forward though the way was far from clear.” Moments of reflection and contemplation echo a lifelong journey through the baggage of early faith toward freedom and renewal. These works narrate that hard-won journey. “Dazzled by the visions rolling out before my eyes, Angel-made graffiti, demons in disguise … got to cover some ground before everything comes undone.”

The Lamentations series also reflects a journey … a pilgrimage inspired by a 163 mile trek across the Scottish Highlands in the summer of 2018. It provided the springboard for visualizing the paradoxes of light and dark and the known and unknown that we all experience.  The Highlands with their low hanging mist and melancholic passion … seem well suited to inspire expressions of grief, sorrow, joy, and delight while pushing forward on our walk.