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In Transition
I try to allow the painting to evolve as it will. Recently I have begun to use poetry
to help me uncover the central truth I hope to convey visually. Once the poem is
done, it becomes easier to trust the impulse and paint spontaneously. I apply layers
and layers of oil paints mixed with cold wax. Sometimes I add thin Asian papers
as collage elements or transfer images and fragments of text onto the surface.
I work quickly, and embellish with random gestural lines and splatters of paint.
I drip solvents across the painting and scratch into the layers to reveal bits of the
painting's history. Dramatic color and rich texture help me to convey complexity
and emotion. Blurred areas make shapes appear to recede or emerge, and borders
seem transitory. Lines may curve with an internal energy or seem ready to depart
the frame entirely.
Change is a powerful force in today's world. The sense of motion and energy in my
Change is a powerful force in today's world. The sense of motion and energy in my
work attempts to capture this, regardless of the painting's subject. Again and again
we are asked to integrate new information and new technologies into our daily lives.
A continual state of flux is our "new normal." Through my art I want the viewer to
explore, with me, an order which may dissolve into chaos, and a chaos which
contains the beginning of order.
contains the beginning of order.