The Serpents

The Serpents: Lead, Transparent Xerox, Flax Sheets, and Gesso. 

Approximately 5.5" x 5.5"

Ta Biblia (Thesis Preview)

Tar Paper, Twine, Concrete, and Steel.

Concrete and Steel Abstraction: Test One

Concrete and Steel.  8" X 10".

Lead Panels

Lead wrapped panels. 24" x 24"

Small Self Portrait

Oil on Board.  3.5" x 5.5"

Custom Made: Collaboration with Jeff Huntington

This is a painting that Jeff Huntington invited me to collaborate with him on.

Custom Made
Magazine Clippings, Acrylic and Oil on Board.

Erosion as Accumulation: Part Two

Concrete, Glass, and Wire.  Glass & Gravity Pedestal by James Cole.

The Collapse.

Erosion as Accumulation: Part One

Glass, Lead Sheet, and Tar Wash

Empty Vessel of Empty Calories

I am sending this work to be in a show in Milan Italy.

Empty Vessel of Empty Calories.  Oil on Canvas.  9" x 7".  

Bridges and Self Portrait

Bridges: Oil over Collage on Board.  9"x9"

Self Portrait.  Oil on Board.  7" x 7"

Portraits and Obstructions: Part Four

Obstruction:

Portraits:

Portraits and Obstructions: Part Three

Portraits:

Obstruction:

Portraits and Obstructions: Part Two

Painting:

Obstructions:

Portraits and Obstructions

I am working through a pair of portraits with my instructor, Jeff Huntington.  From day three forward he will be generating obstructions on the paintings for me to work around.  

Day One Graphite Underdrawing.

Day Two Oils

Day Three

Day Three Obstruction.

Inheritance: Volume I

Inheritance: Volume I
Travis Wagner 2013

clay from my father's land, cheesecloth, 

thread,  and canvas straps

The accumulation of fragile layers of clay builds to form a solid mass. With an austerity that references the passive yet imposing power of minimalist sculpture, Inheritance: Volume I collects its slow accumulation of mass into a monumental presence without losing its humanly relatable scale. Inheritance: Volume I as an object exists somewhere between the realms of book and sculpture by carrying functioning attributes of both. The constant and present state of decay gives Inheritance: Volume I an ephemeral quality that calls to mind the cyclical patterns of life and death. The clay on each page ultimately breaks down and returns to the earth.

Inheritance is defined as the passing of material and non-material properties from one generation to the next. Both good and bad pass through the lineage of a bloodline. Wealth and debt, dispositions to intelligence and talent as well addiction and disease, all are bestowed from father to son. Collectively, each generation receives as birthright the debts and fortunes of their successors. Our collective inheritance includes every scientific advance, discovery and masterpiece as well as every horrific injustice, from the crusades to the holocaust to slavery, and every stop in between. Inheritance: Volume I allows for reflection on the ownership of both personal birthright and collective legacies.

New Paintings: Day Three

New Paintings: Day Two