Acrylic on Canvas30" x 30"The conch shell emerging from the dark and into the light is almost like a figure or a butterfly metamorphosing into what it is meant to be.
Oil on Panel30" x 30" The circles came after the conch shells - they represent a simplicity and acceptance and continuum of all that is.
Oil on Panel48" x 72"This piece has gone through many transformations and layers - it represents my own transition from darkness into light. Sometimes it is a daily journey. I try not to question - just accept.
Oil on Panel48" x 72"This piece began more in the light being the mirror image to "More 1”. It has some of my 'ten commandments' written on it… More water, More connection, More laughter. I guess you really need to ask for what you want in order for the universe to deliver.
Acrylic & Collage on Panel20" x 20"The vertical lines are an uncurrent of this entire show - I see them everywhere and these pieces are my current "landscape” interpretation.
Saturday night was grand celebration of the amazing landfill art project started over seven years ago by Ken Marquis -The hubcaps transformed into works of art was in one word... AWESOME. Here are some pictures ... but to get the full effect- go to Winchester VA to the Shenadoah Art Museum - it's up for six months!Ken Marquis and Dana Hands Evans Executive Director of the Shenadoah Art Musuem"Offering Bowl" by artist Judi KeatsMy Wolf Rules Bowl - upper rightSculpture Jim Lennox, Me and Founder of Landfill art project Ken Marquis