The Pool

Initial ideas for The Pool arose from an outing with some friends to see a turtle derby in Los Angeles during the summer of 2005. Perhaps the large rectangular ring set up as the racing rink for the turtles suggested the cubic bath central to the composition. Part of the 'Illuminations' series, The Pool was displayed in Berlin, Los Angeles, and New York as well as at the Institute of Crazyology between 2012-14. The painting is one of 8 glowing lightpanels, originally suspended in a dark room and generating their own light to cast their likenesses over the space around them.