​An Inner Landscape

I present a painting as an object, a thing in itself, not a representation. The painting is the place and the time is the present. My painting taps into the poetry and spirit of existence. I love an original artwork's presence and aura. 

I have adapted the concept of geodesic lines into my artwork. By definition, a geodesic line is the shortest physical distance between two points. The line becomes the points which make it up. This concept takes the idea of a line and applies it to what is physically observable as a line. I play with how a line is perceived and then expanded with these paintings . 

​ My paintings create a shallow topographical space. The topographical space in my work echoes the organic topography of the back of the eye. I am interested in and explore the two-dimensionality of this relationship, surface to surface. In the technique that I use in my painting, I start a painting or a drawing by drawing a curved flowing line. I compose my images on the paper or canvas by mapping out the proportions and movement.

 A line is made of points, so I place points of color along the drawn pencil lines, reinforcing their linearity. I keep adding color spots along the lines until the canvas fills up. As the individual color spots overlap, they eclipse each other, creating mixed colors where they overlap. I purposely allow each painted form to be different than the others for a more natural look. 

My paintings explore the relationships between time and space, between matter and energy, and between human consciousness and the world. I do this through exploring the relationship and the interconnectedness between color and dimension, between chaos and order, and between consciousness itself (and of itself) and a consciousness of the overwhelming amount of  information presented to the senses, how this is all possessed, processed, and what meaning is achieved. 

Thank you for your time.

From The Top

Pastoral Eyescape, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"

Occurence, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 30"

Sunscream, acrylic on canvas, 25" x 40"

The Instant, acrylic on canvas,  25" x 40"

Engaged, acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"
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Elsewhere, acrylic on canvas, 12" x 16"

Around Here, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 24"

Night Magic, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 35"