Words of Sadness East Coast Series

Words of Sadness East Coast SeriesMixed Media 132 x 108 Inches (variable) "This piece was made at a time when I felt great deal of personal loss. I had just set up my studio in Vancouver and one of the few materials on hand was chicken wire. It was comforting to just sit and make a repetitive shape which I likened to sculptural chanting. I wanted to convey the sense of a scroll, from, say, a Buddhist prayer book." J. Nakagawa

softly unfocussed dispersion

Vintage matte frames

The title suggests that while there might be an ongoing sense of fluidity

40 x 40 in

masking tape

and fairies

and Blue Pile are of a size and shape that I could start and finish in a single sitting

From the series The Karsh Award 2016 titled Camera Obscura

They offer us something but don’t define it

LED lights

30 x 30 in

Nature Merchant is a concept Troy has been working on for 8 years with recent editions completed in 2014 and 2015