As the sun pierced the New York skyline from the subway window, I reflected on my move to Nashville and the artwork I became obsessed with creating. And then it hit me. That fragile tower of eggs, it was New York.
I was in New York at 9/11/2001 and saw the towers collapsed. It was horror. One day before I was on the observation plattform of the World-Trade-Center. I`m architect and my dream was to visit New York.
My initial concept for The Thread Project: One World, One Cloth envisioned gathering individual threads, from people world-wide, to depict the common thread of our humanity.
Originally named Encounter,The Last Kiss evokes a kind of sadness,strength,and harmony. Tooled out of one piece of stone, cut in half, and then turned to face one another, this stone is born out of one.
September morning, September 11, 2001, was a clear blue skied day, the kind that gave me feelings of well being. Then... the atrocity occurred and September was brutally savaged, never to be the same.
I am currently a Visual Communications/ Graphic Design student with a minor in Digital Literacy and Multimedia Design at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.
In 2001, I traveled to New York City a week after the September 11 tragedy to assist with the relief efforts and painted a huge,three-panel mural of the American flag. This experience in New York inspired me.
In an article in The Taos News dated September 26th, 2002 Rick Romancito refers to my work "Reflections" or "Utopia Broken" as oddly titled. Aptly titled would have been more appropriate.
In my collection Remembering Heroes of America I explore the meaning of good and evil, freedom, liberty, the force of divine justice and superheroes. In the process of this exploration, I also honor the memory of the lives lost in the attacks of 9/11.
As a realist I always strive to create art that stirs emotion and transforms the viewer. My hope with the 911 tribute art is that it transforms and helps to heal.
