WATERGLYPH

water on rock: erasure by evaporation N Germany

Waterglyph : Dublin Bay : water on rock, erasure by evaporation. Image is a transient echo of the animal glyphs drawn by the Ancestors, the earliest artists.

Waterglyph .18 Dublin Bay : water on rock, erasure by evaporation

Dublin Bay

near Howth: water on rock: erasure by evaporation in wind

near Howth

Baltic

NYC Urban Series

no roller blades: water on stairs: erasure by evaporation: TriBeCa NYC

Waterglyph drawing on top of graffiti: TriBeCa NYC

artist at work: drawing with water on top of painted graffiti: water drawing evaporates away leaving no trace on site

water drawing on rock: dries off leaving no trace on site

water on rock: erasure by evaporation leaving no trace on site

Dublin Bay

waterglyph with worker's spray signals: sidewalk NYC

waterglyph with kid's chalk drawings: sidewalk NYC

waterglyph on wall graffiti: Berlin

water on sidewalk NYC

near Howth

water on rock: erasure by evaporation, not trace left on site

erasure by evaporation

Our world, so full of promise and conflict, is rooted in a past that is recent. Democratic states are only a few hundred years old. Major religions, source of much turmoil, were founded in the last few thousand years. But the caves of Altamira and Lascaux are covered with extraordinary drawings that date from 30,000 years ago. The origins of self expression come from ages even further back.

Variations on ancient glyphs interweave in my work from a present perspective. Engagement with deep history expands the spirit. Most of the earliest art was intrinsically ephemeral. For me working with transience, water on rock is a source of inspiration. (And on occasion in the street, water on spray paintings) Robert Janz