Instructions and Prototypes imagines eons ago paleocontact with an unseen interdimensional intelligence attempting to share knowledge and information with the earliest settlers of the Earth.

With their discovery of "instructions" written in a mysterious otherworldly language, Earth's earliest inhabitants collaborated to produce crude but earnestly made multivalent objects in an attempt to bridge from what they knew to what would be incomprehensible to them.

Part One of the UNSEEN allegory, "Instructions and Prototypes" explores the mystery of inspiration and the elusiveness of translating information and ideas into representative forms.

[The complete exhibit premiered on May 23, 2026, at Laura Sams Gallery 506]

"Overture", objects each approx. 36", tar, hemp, wax, on ash, pine, osage, cedar, 2025-26 (bottom: various tools- stone, hickory, knapped flint, churt, hemp, tar, 2025)

The Instructions

The Heavens, 65" x 53", oil, pigment, jewels, goldleaf, on canvas, 2026

The Arrival, 65" x 53", oil, enamel, objects, on canvas, 2026

The Discovery, 65" x 53", acrylic, oil, pigment, glitter, on canvas, 2025

The Transmitter, 65"x 53", acrylic, oil, glitter, crushed glass, on canvas, 2025

The Receiver, 65" x 53", acrylic, oil, pigment, copper leaf over objects, on canvas, 2026

The Apparition, 65" x 53", acrylic. oil, pigment, glitter, on canvas, 2026

In The Egyptian Style, 65" x 53", oil, enamel, pigment, goldleaf, on canvas, 2025

The Dawn of Collective Memory, 65"x 53", oxidized copper paint on canvas, 2026

Prototypes, each approx. 18" x 30", oxidized iron, copper, brass, aluminum, bronze, 2025-26

"To Harness the Power of The Sky", 12 objects, ea. approx. 6" x 30", copper, bronze, goldleaf, on wood, 2025-26

Prototypes, each approx. 18" x 30", iron, bronze, enamel, 2025-26

Installation View, "Instructions and Prototypes" 2025-26

Installation View, "Instructions and Prototypes", 2025-26