January, 2012
Jim and I came back to Tulsa inspired, motivated, and completely broke. My one person show “The Cages” at Tulsa Artists’ Coalition Gallery was a quick fix but well done. The cage images reflect my state of mind. They are birdless, doorless, and somewhat bottomless. Later, the cages’ metamorphosis included references to houses on hills and ribbed structures with nets, used to fight malaria in Africa. In that case, human is inside.
Not long ago, I visit the website of the British Foundling Museum. There was a picture in which one small glove hangs on a fence, the unknowing part is the story. I thought of the birds, cages, and the free sky, the moment you let go of something, the story begins.
In a warm winter afternoon, Jim picked up couple unmatched lost gloves alone his walking path, “Here you go, these are the stories I pick up for you”, he smiles.
