In Spite of Dreams: Diptychs & Triptychs

Lycidas (Diptych), n.d.

“Who would not sing for Lycidas?” - Milton, Lycidas

The Fall of Icarus (Diptych), 2013-2018

“Drawn on by his eagerness for the open sky, he left his guide and soared upwards…” - Ovid, The Fall of Icarus

The Ides of March (Diptych), n.d.

One Afternoon at Four O'clock (Diptych), 2015-2019

“One afternoon at four o’clock we separated for a week only…And then—that week became forever.” -Cavafy, The Afternoon Sun

The End of the Road (Diptych), Antwerp, n.d.

“So love is a hoax, A glittering stream Of little white lies But these are the jokes And what if they bring The tears to your eyes…”

-Caroline Leigh & Cy Coleman, The Rules of the Road

When They Come Alive (Diptych), n.d.

“…Where youth grows pale and spectre-thin, and dies; Where but to think is to be full of sorrow…” - Keats, Ode to a Nightingale

In the Evening, n.d.

“I picked up a letter again, read it over and over till the light faded.” - Cavafy, In the Evening

Mr Pearl, Reflected, Paris, n.d.

“…living under Notre Dame’s shadowy pinnacles amongst singular brocades & the feathers of extinct birds…” MJO, Mr Pearl

Oliver's Profile (Diptych), Antwerp, n.d.

“…his dreams possible, pulsing, & right there.” -Danez Smith, dinosaurs in the hood

Golden Days (Diptych), n.d.

“I ask myself if the great Alexandria of ancient times could boast of a boy more exquisite, more perfect- thoroughly neglected though he was…” -Cavafy, Days of 1909, ‘10 And ‘11

Hidden Things (Diptych), n.d.

“On hearing about great love, respond, be moved like an aesthete. Only, fortunate as you’ve been, remember how much your imagination created for you.”

- Cavafy, On Hearing of Love

Paul (Diptych), NYC, n.d.

“I imagined him heavy with the hope of other men” - Andrew McMillan, Screen