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Hemera


2021    18 x 18"   acrylic / mixed media / graphite

Hemera was the personification of “day” in Greek mythology. In geology, Hemera is a stratigraphic zone comprising the time range of a particular fossil species the time during which a race of organisms is at the apex of its evolution. Here Hemera is visualized as a massive weather system — that once obscured light — dissipating into the brightness of day once again.










Fun fact: this painting used approximately 6,400 strips of painters tape to mask 480 cells of the grid at least three times... approximately 71 roles of blue tape. 




 17 Hemera & 18 Erebus

Note: look closely, the cells of the grid filled in are exactly opposite 1:1 between these two paintings.



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