Paintings
'Abundant Whispers' - cold wax, oil, pigment stick & India ink/panel 24 x 24 x 1.5
'Fly Away' - cold wax, oil, pigment stick & India ink/panel 24 x24 x 1.5
'A Quiet Corner' - cold wax, oil, pigment stick & India ink 24 x 24 x 1.5
'Blue Note' - cold wax, oil, pigment stick, graphite & crayon/paper 22 x 16
'Body & Soul' - cold wax, oil, pigment stick, graphite & crayon/paper 22 x 16
'Sunday Afternoons' - cold wax, oil, pigment sticks, graphite & crayon/paper 22 x 16 private collection
'Ripples of Time' - cold wax, oil & pigment stick/paper 22 x 16 private collection
'After the Rains' - cold wax, oil, & pigment stick/panel 24 x 32 x 1.5
'Untitled II' - cold wax, oil & pigment stick/panel 24 x 32 x 1.5
'Untitled I' - cold wax, oil, & pigment stick/panel 24 x 32 x 1.5
'Jump Day' - cold wax, oil, pigment stick, graphite & crayon/paper 16 zx 22
'Yesterday Today' -- acrylic, india ink, & crayon/yupo 28 x 20
'Tidal' - cold wax, oil & pigment stick/panel 8 x 8 x 1.5
'Shifting Sands' - cold wax, oil & pigment stick/panel 8 x 8 x 1.5
'Golden Hour' - cold wax, oil, pigment stick & India ink/panel 8 x 8 x 1.5
'Coastal Light' - cold wax, oil, pigment stick & India ink/panel 8 x 8 x 1.5
'Mistiness' - cold wax, oil, pigment stick & graphite/paper 12 x 9 framed 16 x 13
'Morning Haze' - cold wax, oil, pigment stick & graphite/paper 12 x 9 framed 16 x 13
'Shifting Winds' - cold wax, oil, pigment stick & graphite/paper 12 x 9 framed 16 x 13
'Illusion' - cold wax, oil, pigment stick/paper 20 x 16
'In Bloom' - cold wax, oil & pigment stick/panel 12 x 12 x 1
'A Gathering' - cold wax, oil, & pigment stick/panel 12 x 12 x 1
'Into the Wild Places' - cold wax, oil, pigment stick, graphite/panel 36 x 36 x 2.5 inches
'Radiance' - cold wax, oil, pigment sticks & graphite/panel 24 x 24 x 1.5 inches
'Hold Back the Dawn' - cold wax, oil, pigment sticks & graphite/panel 24 x 24 x 1.5 inches
'A Slant of Blue' - cold wax, oil, pigment sticks & graphite/panel 24 x 24 x 1.5 inches
'Where Dreams Are Born' - cold wax, oil, pigment sticks & graphite/panel 36 x 36 x 2.5 inches
'Fire and Ice' - cold wax, oil, pigment sticks & graphite/panel 24 x 24 x 1.5 inches
'A Secret Solace - cold wax, oil, pigment sticks & graphite/panel 8 x 8 x 1.5 inches
'Prelude' - cold wax/oil/panel 8 x 8 x 1.5 inches
'Tethered to the Clouds' - cold wax/oil/panel 8 x 8 x 1.5 inches private collection
'Drifting Between Presence and Absence' - cold wax/oil/panel 8 x 8 x 1.5 inches
'Passing Cloud' cold wax/oil/panel 8 x 8 x 1.5 inches
'Between Sea and Sky' - cold wax, oil, pigment sticks/panel 8 x 8 x 1.5 inches
'The Philosopher' - cold wax/oil/panel 8 x 8 x 1.5 inches
'Morning Glory' cold wax/oil/panel 8 x 8 x 1.5 inches private collection
'Permanence' oil, pigment stick, graphite/canvas 18 x 18 x 1.5 inches
'Mirage' - oil, pigment stick, graphite, crayon/canvas 18 x 18 x 1.5 inches
'Fog of Reminiscence' - oil, pigment stick, graphite, crayon/canvas 18 x 18 x 1.5 inches
'Navigating the Landscape' - oil, pigment stick, graphite, crayon/canvas 18 x 18 x 1.5 inches
'Forest of the Heart' - cold wax, oil, pigment sticks & graphite/panel 36 x 36 x 2.5 private collection
'Fields of Wonder' - cold wax, oil, pigment stick, crayon/panel 36 x 36 x 2.5 inches private collection
Statement
Painting abstractly is a journey. The start of any work is comparable to embarking on a trip to an unknown destination. The blank white surface awaits the first step. I begin each painting making random marks and color notes as if recording chaotic wanderings. My work evolves from the physicality of layering cold wax (beeswax), oil, and more mark making punctuated by scraping and wiping back areas. It is alternatively a constructive and deconstructive process. While painting I employ a sense of play, not frivolous, but a method of experimentation and probing. I am exploring themes of memory, imagination and reality, where my inner landscape and the outer world converge.
My media: cold wax mixed with oil paint, oil pigment sticks, graphite markers, crayons and at times India ink on prepared birch panels or paper. My tools are brayers, palette knives, color pushers, sticks and scrapers. I make graffiti-like marks as if journaling in symbols. These drawings are followed by layering, building up the surface followed by scraping and sanding the surface to reveal moments, strange journeys and the history of the work. There is always a dialogue with the work as the paint informs me what road to take. Getting lost, finding and searching all affect the mood and energy of the work. At times the direction reverses and a new path beckon. I strive to create paintings for the viewer to discover nuanced history, to pause and to experience a sense of quietude.