I AM ATTRACTED TO NEON. ITS DREAMY GLOW AND CURSIVE POSSIBILITIES DRAW ME IN ALONG WITH ITS ASSOCIATIONS: LAS VAGAS, X-RATED CLUBS, AND DISNEY IN TIMES SQUARE. VIEWERS CAN BE DAZZLED LIKE NEWLYWEDS IN FRONT OF NIAGARA FALLS. NEONS' FIERCE INTENSITY REFUSES INSIGHT. IT IS INERT. IT CAN BE CLEAN PROSE IN SMUTTY CIRCUMSTANCES. IT CAN EVOKE A SENSE OF PLACE, A FEELING, OR SOMETHING CONCRETE.
THE STAGE IS QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICANA. ALONG HIGHWAY X WITH ITS ENIGMATIC APPEAL, THE UNKNOWN IS ITS JOY AND CURSE.
FOR ALL ALONG OUR ROUTE COUNTLESS MOTOR COURTS PROCLAIMED THEIR VACANCY IN NEON LIGHTS, READY TO ACCOMMODATE ... THE MOST CORRUPT AND VIGOROUS COUPLES.
-LoLITA, VLADIMIR NABOKOV
THE WORKS ARE FASTIDIOUSLY CRAFTED FROM NEON OR PAPER, INKJET PRINTS, THREAD, COLOR CHIPS, TYPESCRIPT TO INVESTIGATE PLACES OF LOVE OR LUST. IN THE PEEKABOO! AND BOX WORKS, A DRAMA CAN BE FOLLOWED. YOU CAN PARTICIPATE BY OPENING THE DOORS A BIT, ADJUSTING THE FLAP OF A SPLAYED BOX FORM OR THE PAGE OF A SHAPED PICTURE BOOK FOR A BONUS INSIGHT (PEEKABOO!) OR VIEW.
IN OTHER PIECES, COLOR CHIPS FROM PAINT STORES COMPLETE WITH EVOCATIVE NAMES (PARTY BLUE, FUN BLONDE, CREAM DREAM) ARE PLACED AT STRATEGIC POINTS IN INTERIORS. WITH PERHAPS A RAISED EYEBROW OR A GIGGLE, CONSIDER THIS PASTICHE OF IMAGES, QUOTES FROM THE LIKES OF BUKOWSKI AND RAYMOND CARVER To TORI SPELLING, THE NUBILE SOCIETY DEB; PEEK INTO INTERIORS NORMALLY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS OR WINDOW SHADES.
MY PURPOSE IS TO ENABLE AN AERIAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE VAGARIES OF ANTICIPATED PLEASURES BEYOND THE VIEW FROM THE PICTURE WINDOW AND FLOWER BOX TO THE MORE PRIVATE SCENTS OF THE HOME.
