Acrylic on canvas w/ silver leaf
16” x 16”
Uncle Josh Clock logs most simply what has been the proudest achievement of my life. Aisley, Janae, Ash, Julien, Clarencey, Charli, Garret, Patti. “I can’t be an uncle, I’m only seven!” was my response to my mother long ago, on the front porch beneath a cloudy sky. Little did I know, not only could I be an uncle, but without them, I would never have become the fullest version of myself - both as a teacher and artist. I have learned more from all of them than I have ever been able to teach, and to say I am proud of these kids would be the understatement of a millennium.
Organized by the ordered initials of our lives meeting (or the lack thereof), the clocks’ spiral not only aims to deconstruct the idea of time being linear, but also reflects on the perennial woe of adults through history: always forgetting yesterday's lessons for today's problems. The break in the glass is the choice everyone must face: to use all that we are - our memories, our relationships, and all our lived experiences - to break free from the cycle, or repeat it. Consequently, the break touches only the initials of the niece/nephew I have never met (see painting “Lost pt.1”), due to that very cycle.
Do you think you're someone else's proudest achievement?
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