Travis Ivey (a.k.a. Hank) – Featured Artist
cutout
the heart is a cutout scene
a landscape of burning ash
and streamers
a mountain of neon tape
a battered city in
filled with discarded
versatile solutions
to modern living
the feeling comes like an orchard
abundant with thousands of
animate fruit
dancing in the wind
splayed in song and
graffiti along the roots
of civilization—
a habitat divided by man and god
each individual piece
attaches through cement vines,
seeds and all, and displays
another spectrum of the tirade
colorwheel.
and the aftermath
of that aftermath
and each recurring
moment leading before
and into the next
the clouds shiver
waiting for this dream
to pass.
it never does
the city continues to
unravel as the horizon
changes shape.
the
to unfold without any consent or
reflection of awareness
it is all so pure
so alive
so present
so… effortless
by LORIN DREXLER
Travis Ivey (a.k.a. Hank)
(via travisivey.com)
This Phoenix-based artist, 39, who earned his Master of Fine Arts degree at Arizona State University in 2017, uses scissors to shape the inside of recycled envelopes into streetscapes. He also cuts up
Ivey also paints the traditional way, as “Hank,” his alter ego, who works with acrylics and oils in plein air. One of Hank’s works, a landscape featuring the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, hangs at the Downtown FOUND:RE Phoenix hotel.
Currently, Ivey is experimenting with merging his two artistic personalities. The result is lightly lined geometric patterns of paint that form a new kind of landscape.
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