Glass Flowers
9 x 12in
350
Lightwork
11 x 15in
500
Bending Waves
9 x 12in
350
Water Flowers
9x12in
350
Water Flowers
11 x 14in
500
Walking Figures
10.5 x 14in
500
Flowers w/ Vase
9 x 12in
350
Six New Series
My favorite way to make work is just to paint and see what happens. An idea will slowly form, and I’ll try to make that Idea solid by repeating it a few times. I figure if I can repeat it and create variations, then I understand the idea enough. Also, the repetition makes the idea feel alive. The multiples make it more real, not just a one-off spark, but a piece of work that has companions that can go out into the world together.
That’s where the idea of this site came from.
At first, it felt very rigid. I would come up with something and create as many variations as possible. Those were my learning days; my desire to explore within tight constraints was high. It’s honestly how I still work sometimes, excavating the depths, slowly refining within my imaginary boundaries.
But I’ve been working differently over the past year or so. Instead of weeks, I spend days or maybe just an inspired session to create these paper pieces. Sometimes the paint just hits right. A balance of texture, color, and transparency that I’ve been drifting towards lately that aligns with forms that I enjoy painting: flowers, fruit, and compositions of lines and curves.
That’s where this collection of paintings comes from, not over-analyzed and dissected, but made in the calm breaks over the last sixteen months. Each painting is a record of drifting lines of notes that converge from everyday dissonance into moments of harmony.
