Ecstatic Devotional Coalescence, Oil On Aluminum 6" x 7"
Statement:
The paintings are an exploration of the space between abstraction and representation. They are abstracted by the palette knife, searching for hidden worlds and images in the paint that reveal on the picture plane. They need to be uncovered, stroked, massaged and moved onto the surface, brought up from where they are hiding; surprising me with their ability to come forth when called by my hand. Revealing the recognized of our ‘world sight’ as unrecognizable, opening the eye of the witness to the coalescence of fierceness and delicacy in Nature. Beginning from the darkness, moving to find hidden worlds that lay just beyond the edge of our awareness, calling forth the unexplored knowledge of the unseen.
Process:
The work depicts Nature, however it is made in the studio from memory, impulse and emotion.
The work is created with a palette knife, laying down one, two or three colors together. The paint is moved around the wood surface to find the desired images. Often times a good image is covered up for the sake of the whole composition; and there are times when all paint needs to be removed to start over again. It is a process of finding the desired forms and composition of the painting, while not initially laying out the end piece. The goal in the end is to find ambiguous forms that make an impression, rather than an object. The work needs to be looked at closely by the viewer to find these forms and experience them on an emotional level and an intellectual one. Although the overall look is landscape, the desired outcome is the deeper sense of energy in nature.
Statement:
The paintings are an exploration of the space between abstraction and representation. They are abstracted by the palette knife, searching for hidden worlds and images in the paint that reveal on the picture plane. They need to be uncovered, stroked, massaged and moved onto the surface, brought up from where they are hiding; surprising me with their ability to come forth when called by my hand. Revealing the recognized of our ‘world sight’ as unrecognizable, opening the eye of the witness to the coalescence of fierceness and delicacy in Nature. Beginning from the darkness, moving to find hidden worlds that lay just beyond the edge of our awareness, calling forth the unexplored knowledge of the unseen.
Process:
The work depicts Nature, however it is made in the studio from memory, impulse and emotion.
The work is created with a palette knife, laying down one, two or three colors together. The paint is moved around the wood surface to find the desired images. Often times a good image is covered up for the sake of the whole composition; and there are times when all paint needs to be removed to start over again. It is a process of finding the desired forms and composition of the painting, while not initially laying out the end piece. The goal in the end is to find ambiguous forms that make an impression, rather than an object. The work needs to be looked at closely by the viewer to find these forms and experience them on an emotional level and an intellectual one. Although the overall look is landscape, the desired outcome is the deeper sense of energy in nature.