Forty, For You -- Five years later

There are a few things about “Forty, For You” that I’ve always thought I under-emphasized. One is that the suite begins and ends with two mirror images that suggest a parenthesis, and the musical piece for Day 40 reprised the main motif of Day 1. Day 20 is a black and white circular image which is entirely unique from the other works in the suite. I thought of it as a mid-point punctuation. But looking at the images below as I write this, I’m newly aware of things I didn’t think of at the time I was making the work. Specifically: the opening and closing images are directly related to a 2017 painting of mine called “Moon Palace.” This lunar reference is very apt as the dates of the Lenten season are based on the lunar cycle (and why Easter does not have a fixed date on the calendar, in case you didn’t know).

I’m also struck by how different the color is between Day 1 and Day 40. This has to do with my general process. I save and extend colors for weeks/months in little plastic containers. It’s very likely the blues/greys of Day 40 are from the exact colors I began with, simply morphed over the 40 days.

Finally, I made the suite in triplicate. The sets are nearly identical. One set was framed for exhibition and has travelled to multiple venues. It’s my dream for this entire set to find a permanent home.

One set I will keep.

I have decided to allow the third set to be parted-out as individual works. Contact me if you’re interested in one of the pieces.