2015 Contemporary Self Image

(made to order, only)
Steel, (bronze spooks)
23” x 30” x 4”

This piece mirrors the thought of David Brooks; namely, that deep inside we are dual in our nature. “We have a side to our nature that is sinful–selfish, deceiving, and self-deceiving–but we have another side to our nature that is in God’s image, that seeks transcendence and virtue.” Here there are two colors, black and gold. Two circles; one open, the other closed. A gold inner ball radiates through a blackened paisley shape. My hope is to have expressed the beauty of the human condition.