Culture Clash II
Narratives 

EUCHARIST CHALICE
The Eucharist chalice is placed in a triangle signifying trinity of a liturgical ritual

THE LOT
Three Bibles symbolize “drawing the lot,” a biblical reference of early clergy selection.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
Our family car connected our farm and town.  A lower panel, reflects winter/summer and indoor/outdoor themes.

AGRARIAN I
Flatland markings of furrowed land, patterns of irrigation and stubbled fields, coexist peacefully despite diversity.

JOHN DEERE TRACTOR
A tractor’s green color is altered with time of day, seasons, clouds and changes in the weather.

COLOR FIELD DIAG II
Diagonal cultivation prevented wind erosion of dry soil by countering prevailing winds, creating sharp earth designs.

CROSS BEAMS
The cross beam’s motif in the barn interior recalls religious symbolism.

MOTHER
This image of Mother serving Sunday dinner is a reminder of a division of labor in many family structures.

AUTUMN FIELDS
Following the harvest, fields were stripped bare, leaving contrasting flat abstracted planes.

TUMBLING BLOCK
The tumbling block, a favorite of Mother’s quilt designs, was first known as “Mosaic from Antioch”, tiles graced walls and pavements in Plato’s time.

LILLIES
Mother maintained a large garden. Tiger lilies, along with other flowers, graced her garden.

FARM IMAGERY
A vertical column is composed of silhouetted barns, silos, sheds, machinery and the essential hay stacker.

GOTHIC DESIGN
Gothic images mimic arabesque patterns at the fields’ end.  We farmers were careful about the appearance of them.