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
Sunrise SUNRISE 30″ x 30” August 20, 2015 Here is a painting, Sunrise, with a new geometric paradigm of three narrow bands. Positioned in such a way that they create two larger bands of equal height, and two relatively smaller bands of equal height on top and bottom. While the geometry is clear, the painting
Crimson Harvest CRIMSON HARVEST 30″ x 30” August 9, 2015 This work, Crimson Harvest, represents a departure from working within clearly articulated stripes. It is a vast, singular expression of one color. Rather than making an allusion to something as literal as the maple trees in autumn, I think this painting speaks to figurative sadness.
Forsythia FORSYTHIA 30″ x 30” July 4, 2015 Meditating on the first flowering spring bush, Forsythia, erupts in yellow flowers. It appears bright against a leafless backdrop of barren branches and cloudy March skies. The painting mixes translucent grayish-taupe with a grayish yellow, punctuated sporadically by bursts of brighter yellow. I like that the colors
Gris Parfum GRIS PARFUM 30″ x 30” June 16, 2015 I was conscious of mixing dirty and sweet colors in this painting, Gris Parfum. Composed of alternating stripes of dove grey imbued with clay-brown. Accompanied by deeper grey stripes, punctuated by strokes of light pink. This painting is a metaphor for the day that I
Sand Sky SAND SKY 30″ x 30” May 17, 2015 An exploration of wide ethereal spaces which breathed in three large bands of color, Sand Sky. “Belted in” with two thinner bands that evoked texture. I loved the impressionistic migrations from soft blue to light tan. Which were a psychological blurring of experiencing both mediums,
