In ancient Greece, the dual nature of time was acknowledged by identifying the measurable aspect as Chronos and the quality of time as Kairos. Chronos refers to clock time and is counted and measured in seconds, minutes, hours days, etc. Kairos refers to subjective lived experience, the characteristic quality of a moment, duration, event, occasion or season.
The Kairos Paintings explore the aspect of compressed time by interlacing two individual paintings made on two different occasions. Both painting events appear simultaneously on the same surface and combine snapshots of two distinct moments. They are separated by a geometric system that interrupts and completes them, and together form a new painting. Splicing together two distinct instances results in works that are unpredictable and continue my research into the nature of chance and our understanding of time.