Scylla Series
Scylla II, braided cotton cord, oil, paracord, volleyball, 2019, 18"x20"x6"
Scylla III: The Pastoral State (after Thomas Cole), cotton cord, nylon cord, paracord, printed cotton towel, steel frame, volleyball, 2020, 27"x27"x1.5" (frame); 33"x85"x9.5" (floor extension & volleyball/coiled rope dimension)
This series of works references Homer's sea monster, Scylla. The mass of jumbled knots accumulates, mutates, spreads, and expands from the framed “painterly rectangle’’ — highlighting the contrast between sculptural spatial form and the classical illusionism of the painted picture plane.
