Portfolio > THE PHRENOLOGY SERIES

Phrenology I
Monoprint
31 x 27 inches, framed
Phrenology III
Mixed media monoprint
31 x 27 inches, framed
Phrenology IV
Mixed media monoprint
31 x 27 inches, framed
Phrenology VI
Mixed media monoprint
31 x 27 inches, framed
Phrenology VII
Mixed media monoprint
31 x 27 inches, framed
Phrenology VIII
Mixed media monoprint
31 x 27 inches, framed
Phrenology XI
Mixed media monoprint
31 x 27 inches, framed
Phrenology XII
Mixed media monoprint
31 x 27 inches, framed
Phrenology XIII
Mixed media monoprint
Phrenology XIV
Mixed media monoprint
31 x 27 inches, framed
Phrenology XVI
Mixed media monoprint
31 x 27 inches, framed
Phrenology XVIII
Monoprint
31 x 27 inches, framed

While having pizza one afternoon in Venice, Italy I spied a waiter who had soccer designs carved into his hair. When asked to pose with his face against a wall, he cheerfully complied. The surprisingly mysterious photograph that resulted led to my series of monoprints called “Phrenology.” This pseudoscience based on measurements of the human skull as the location of character, thought, and emotion may be an apt metaphor for the surrealism that is Venice.

Peter Ackroyd in Venice, Pure City, mused that the city is a reality of a different order. It seems that Kafka would have understood Venice.

This work is dedicated to my friend and mentor, Steve Parks, who passed away while I was in Venice in 2013. Se la forma scompare, la sua radice e eternal. If the form disappears, its root is forever.