The Glories

Each book's prints represent a moment in the day-long life span of a morning glory. The 4 book series includes over 100 drawings and photographs. This project is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.

I have precious childhood memories of Mom’s rows of heart-shaped vines growing up the side of our garage, creating a bouquet of Heavenly Blues against the clear northern Indiana sky. The life cycle of the morning glory symbolizes our lives; each of us, vine-tied together, emerge as uniquely created beings who flower for a brief moment and are then gone.

My American Glory print series symbolizes the red vs. blue societal chasm through my home-grown morning glory images. When one places complementary colors together of the same value, a visual tension is created for the viewer. For me, these vector drawings are emblematic of the constant stress underlying nearly every interaction in American society today.

The Glories

i am a morning glory / American Glory / Daybreak Glory / Twilight Glory