Blue Sphere explores the mystical possibilities of the color blue, and operates within a long tradition in the arts of working exclusively in blue, ranging from early Cyanotypes to Yves Klein’s Blue paintings. Blue has long been associated with spirituality: Wassily Kandinsky, in fact, believed blue to be the most spiritual color. The circle, or sphere, has also been loaded with symbolic meaning since ancient times, and in most cultures, the circle has universal or cosmic implications.

The nature of visual perception intrigues me: how the eye continually tries to resolve these images, but is unable to do so, and how that is unsettling. And I am drawn to the idea that we can believe something is real, while at the same time knowing it is illusory; that the experience of visual confusion, when the psyche is momentarily derailed, is what frees us to respond emotionally. Extreme defocusing allows me to de-materialize the Spheres and transform them into ephemeral images that change as one gazes into them, sometimes pulsating as if alive, and sometimes creating the illusion of a mystical emanation.

Through restriction of palette, reduction of form and repetition of subject, I hope to distill my images to a transcendent minimalism. Whether seen as celestial visions, imaginary objects or microscopic details, the blue spheres are meant to be meditative pieces that provide a glimpse into another world--a radiant world beyond our focus, beyond our ken.

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