Painting
I create abstract paintings that are improvisatory explorations, products of the dance between action and reaction.
I work in acrylic and mixed media, often using many overlapping layers, and experiment with different styles. Hallmarks include: bold color, texture, rough marks, simple shapes, stripes and dots, silly faces, and words.
RECENT WORK
In Falling, I continue to explore themes of chaos and human messiness. Up close, individual elements appear sloppy and hastily rendered. Yet stepping back, there’s an emergent loveliness in the cheerful swirl and fall of multi-colored paper scraps. Stream of consciousness writing frames the work, which paraphrased, reads: "Feels like chaos when everything all the time surrounds and envelops and sparks and aligns and rearranges the anxious rumors of evolving concern and I so seek peace and quiet in the changes." I’m amused that the composition gives an unintended nod to Chutes and Ladders and delighted that I don’t think AI would make these choices.
Dilemma
16 × 20 × 1.5 in
Mixed media on canvas (acrylic, collage, exterior house paint)
Collage bits:
“Dilemma:
Need made
custom art
lavish
human distinction
now
mistakes wanted”
Say yes
28 × 22 × 0.75 in
Acrylic on canvas
Select work organized by series [coming soon]
DRIPS & DROPS
CIRCLE & LINE
CITY SCRAPES
GAME BOARDS
GRAPHIC ABSTRACTIONS
FACES / CHARACTERS