Wheel of Time is a continuous scroll of paper on which I make vertical marks with ink. Over the years, I have used marker, India ink, and a variety of handmade inks from walnut, oak, lamp black, etc. It started as a one-mile long scroll. However, by the time I reached the end of one mile, the artwork had changed for me. Now I consider this to be a project that will continue for the rest of my life.
This image was taken in 2019, just after the scroll with marks (on right) was over one mile long.
I have since ended this scroll as Volume One 2014-2022. I am working on Volume Two.
Volume Two: I now have the scroll set up in my house.
This picture was taken in 2014 shortly after I started the project.
The location is The Boardwalk, a gallery I owned for three years with my wife in Boston, GA.
Wheel of Time (performance)
These images were taken during a performance art piece I did at the University of North Alabama (my undergrad alma mater) in late 2019. The performance was also entitled Wheel of Time. It was not a very successful performance piece, and I regret using the scroll as part of it. I like the pure, solitary performance of making the lines in my studio.
Here are a few other images from the performance. It was based on a kind of "spiritual charlatan" character using the act of drawing as a way of conjuring incantations.
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