Dove Bradshaw

“When we reach for the light, we create shadows; just as when trees seek out the light, they steal it from whatever grows below. Blotting out the sun. …But the tiny spaces between the leaves form apertures that project the sun’s rays onto the ground, creating camera obscuras. That’s why, under a tree, you see…

THE BUDDY SYSTEM is the title of this floor to ceiling painting, drawing and sculptural installation. Initial admiration for the scope and appeal of the effort dissipates with the realization that homelessness and addiction have been reduced to a skillfully rendered cartoon. Individual suffering has been trivialized, although the presumed intent is empathy for the…

A Shrug of the Shoulders We generally give to our ideas about the unknown the color of our notions about what we do know: If we call death a sleep it’s because it has the appearance of sleep; if we call death a new life, it’s because it seems different from life. We build our…