Dawn | Dusk : Five Minutes : After | Before, 2023

84 × 40 × 1.75 ″ Mixed media over plywood. Pyrotextured spray paint (nitro-acrylic, oil enamel), alcohol and aniline dyes, mica powders, acrylic paint, metal flake and leaf.

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Within "Dawn | Dusk: Five Minutes: After | Before," the Sun's ephemeral passage is captured upon the natural canvas of plywood, transformed into a living tapestry by the elemental dance of fire and chemical artistry. Here, the raw energy of combustion—pyrotexturing—breathes life into aerosol hues, blistering and bubbling into a topography of dawn and dusk. As if by alchemy, the volatile marriage of acetone and pigment washes across the grain in a watercolor dream, blending the bold with the liminal, the definite with the dissolved.

In this realm of wood and flame-born fantasy, metallic mica powders whisper across the tableau in shades of the waking and waning day—violet twilights, ruby whispers, and the golden kiss of a sun-bound horizon. Touches of gold leaf gild the work, catching light and eye alike, a nod to the timeless luster of moments suspended between day and night. This is not a mere depiction of twilight's twin parades, but a relic of them, an artifact that carries within its textures the vibrant pulse of fleeting seconds frozen in splendor.