Cape Cod, 28" x 44", oil and acrylic on paper, 1985. Artist's collection.

The "two spheres on a grid" idea continues here, but in a more conceptually sophisticated format. The two spheres dealt with the concept of duality. In this composition, the duality is represented by two separate sheets of paper upon which two different compositions have been painted. A reference to the grid element is still present in the unity of the scale, orientation, and shapes of the two picture planes. This new approach in my investigation of the concept of duality addresses the issue by means of amplifying the distinctive formal and conceptual thrust of these visual counterparts. In the previous works I was trying to unify, or reconcile, the factors of duality. Here, I have discovered a unifying compositional format within which occurs a contextual interplay of separate distinctive visual forms and sensibilities. As I stated in the commentary on Mountain and Molehill, at this time I was not interested in visually illustrating an idea. I was intersted in creating visual scenarios wherein the associative relationship between the forms would spark the message, or, meaning of the work in the viewer's mind, not on the picture plane. Again, this is far and away one of the best paintings I have ever made.