Tribal Dynamics

1987–1990

Tribal Dynamics developed from an interest in the megalith builders and stone alignments of western Europe. This later combined with the rituals and mythology of Amerindian cultures such as the Maya, Aztec, and Olmec, creating a kind of ritual abstraction that conjures possible contact between these cultures in pre-history.


Tribal Dynamics
Tribal Dynamics
oil on canvas, 54.5″ x 45″, 1988
Convulsion
Convulsion
oil on canvas, 6′ x 5′, 1990 (Collection of the Artist)
Sun Ritual
Sun Ritual
oil on canvas, 5.’ x 3.5′, 1990 (Private Collection, Vancouver)
Winter Rites
Winter Rites
oil on canvas, 72″ x 65″, 1990
Native Son
Native Son
oil on canvas, 40″ x 48″, 1989 (Collection of the Artist)
Tula
Tula
oil on canvas, 2.5′ x 5′, 1989
Volcanic Warriors
Volcanic Warriors
oil on canvas, 5′ x 5.5′, 1989
Aero Futuro
Aero Futuro
oil on canvas, 4.5′ x 3.5′, 1989
Seguaro
Seguaro
oil on canvas, 51″ x 57″, 1989
El Djed
El Djed
oil on canvas, 59.5″ x 51″, 1989
Invasion
Invasion
oil on canvas, 5.5” x 6.5′, 1989
Aztlan
Aztlan
oil on canvas, 47.5″ x 56.5″, 1988
Fiesta Figures
Fiesta Figures
oil on canvas, 54″ x 36″, 1989