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Perspective Shifts

8/13/2025

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I have been working on a new series of paintings this year titled "On the Horizon." At this point I have made over 100. Looking out as far as the eye can see, to the place where the land meets the sky. While painting these expansive spaces in relative miniature, I have been thinking thru the logistics of their display and realizing that perhaps the work I have been doing for these eight months as actually only been the preparatory work. I now have a vision of at least 24 paintings 2.5ft x8ft mounted on a curving panel, hung at various heights. The show would be titled "Eye to Eye" and each piece will be named after the friend whose eyes align with that horizon height on the wall. The reason for the curving panel is immersion of the visual field. To see each piece you will need to contort your body in some way, perhaps kneeling, craning, or jumping, a reminder that you have a body, and that others lived experience is different than your own. This idea is definitely influenced by "Level" by Hans Hemmert, wherein he allowed each viewer to be on the same level via shoe platforms, thus facilitating a change in perspective. How are you practicing perspective shifts? 
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