Snow Fugue SNOW FUGUE 36″ x 36” January 6, 2016 This painting, Snow fugue, is a lyrical exercise in examining layers of white. Pocked with various lavender-blue strokes of paint, in varying intensities. Trying to capture the feeling of weightlessness that happens during a heavy snowfall. Similar to being underwater, with the mind and the […]
Pastorale PASTORALE 36″ x 36” November 28, 2015 This painting, Pastorale, reminds me of a Mahler song, as if heard in the farthest distance on a cold cold day. Hardly discernable, during a walk in the forest behind my home, during a winter sunrise. The slight variations on paleness, the approach toward the lightest pink. Or
Winter Iris WINTER IRIS 36″ x 36” November 27, 2015 (SOLD) This painting, Winter Iris, is a meditation on restraint. Capturing the chill and pale colors of an iris that bloomed in my garden in late autumn. It was then caught cold on a sudden freezing winter day. The pewter-cold blue is pale and transparent, alternating
Flamingo FLAMINGO 30″ x 30” November 27, 2015 Alternating between two iridescent colors, a pale violet, and pale turquoise. Flamingo reminds me of the flash of iridescence under birds’ wings, as they take off. Somehow, I associate this iridescence to a light at high altitudes, and the triggering of dreams. The painting feels simultaneously
Rubber Soul RUBBER SOUL 30″ x 30” November 8, 2015 The landmark Beatles album, Rubber Soul, which came out in 1966, marked my musical childhood. It created my first appreciation for the Beatles as great musical artists. Rubber Soul’s album cover featured a picture of George, John, Ringo, and Paul, looking visibly stoned, and the
Night Whisperer NIGHT WHISPERER 30″ x 30” November 7, 2015 (SOLD) This is a dark, introverted study of blue, and makes one big visual statement. Varying black, French ultramarine blue, and a brighter cerulean blue. The painting reminds me of how color is experienced in a somnambulist state. Brighter colors randomly emerge out of darkness,
Buttercup Rush BUTTERCUP RUSH 30″ x 30” October 8, 2015 A dive into pointillism, Buttercup Rush, a literal mosaic of layered paint particles, juxtaposed more than blended. This was a meticulous exercise in minutiae-—a physical feat of dabbing dabs of paint with the tip of a fine brush. Capturing the idea of a field of
Blue Blood BLUE BLOOD 30″ x 30” September 8, 2015 Exploring the nature of blood, Blue Blood, and the repartée of the juxtaposing colors. Imagining platelets coursing through arteries and veins and arteries, from and to the heart, with and without oxygen. The painting crashes more than blends. The colored pigments together, making more a
