ANDREW YOUNG ART
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Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna

Worm-like Animals

ribbon worms, roundworms, arrow worms, spoon worms, and velvet worms


Many of the egg tempera panels from the first decade of my work contain geometries that serve as thresholds between different sensory worlds. Be they purely patterned or derived in form from familiar objects – furniture, vessels, and other intimate objects – they all seem to push paint and image into heightened contrasts. Egg tempera is a luminous medium, comprised of multiple translucent layers, but it also can present a very physical and tactile surface. In the piece, Tigress, from 1991, I built up the paint in such a way that it appears to form natural fissures, creating a sculptural quality against the dark circle which represents passage and transcendence. As the circle throughout history has implied unity, infinity, and perfection, so is the magical center or “window” of Tigress an invitation to a sublime experience. The white circle – off-center, but attached and relating to the larger – gives a suggestion of something planetary and gravitational, even moon-like. Symbolically, Tigress is the feminine power in mythology, and the white circle, individual and contrasting, is the eternal soul.

Archisymplectes rhoton

Ribbon Worm

Nemavermes mackeei

Roundworm
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Prapulites konecniorum

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Paucijaculum samamithion

Arrow Worm
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Caprinoscolex ellogimus

Spoon Worm
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Ilyodes inopinata

Velvet Worm

Spirorbis sp.

Tube Worm
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Undescribed "Smooth Earthworm"

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  • News
  • Work
    • mixed media/collage
    • recent sculpture
    • watercolor/drawing
    • works on metal and wood
    • egg tempera on panel
    • edition prints/monotypes
    • early work
    • photography
    • exhibition views
    • selected collections
  • Bio
    • narrative bio
    • resume
    • artist statements
    • process
    • scrapbook
  • Press
    • catalog essays
    • reviews
    • interviews
  • Projects
    • projects
    • project images
  • Contact
    • contact the artist
    • catalogs for sale
    • available artworks