Collision Plate Boundary 
Agate Nodules
Another piece from my “Geology” series.
In my teenage years was a serious rockhound. I spent many days exploring the Canadian Shield in northern Ontario, armed with my rock hammer. Using old prospector claim maps, I would go deep into the bush to find minerals and gems that were left over from the digs.
I continue to be excited by geological processes in the earth’s mantle and am trying to express that in my art.
Very creative!
The abstract quality of these prints are suggestive of a world I recognize. The first print appears to show me a sky, with a steep ravine below. The second print, however, feels more like a bird’s eye view. I don’t sense a horizon line, but instead imagine little geodes embedded in the sediment, just waiting for the rockhound’s hammer. I, too, have explored parts of Canada – some rocks being radioactive when put under a black light (maybe that tells you the decade that I did this?) Your colors remind me of the psychedelic qualities of this kind of rock.
I also see a bit of the Finger Lakes from an aerial view in the second print. This is what you do so cleverly with abstraction. The scale of objects can be interpreted by the viewer’s imagination, inviting us to discover personal meanings in the colors, shapes, lines and textures.
Really love the colors in these!
In these colorful images, Daniel makes the molecules dance. Geology in motion. All is energy.