Pressure
Oil on Panel
Triptych
42"w X 24"h
2006
Private Collection
This triptych painting explores the internal and external pressures we face as individuals through color, texture, and form. The left panel uses an intense red palette pressing against cellular forms being compressed against the center panel. The right panel presents a masked landscape formed as spikes pushing into the center panel. The body represented by the center panel demonstrates the impact of the forces applied both internally and externally.
Pressure (detail)
Scale, color, & texture are used to create ambiguous figure ground
Insulation
Oil on Panel
Triptych
42"w X 20"h
2006
Private Collection
Insulation (detail)
Thick impasto paint in "pepto pink" is used to create an explosion of sound
Echo
Oil on Panel
Triptych
45"w X 20"h
2006
Artist's Collection
Raw
Oil on Panel
Triptych
68"w X 24"h
2006
Private Collection
Depression
Oil & Spray Paint on Panel
Triptych
20"x X 35"h
2006
Artist's Collection
Surface History
Oil on Canvas
60"w X 60"h
2006
Artist's Collection
Surface History (detail)
A hand-cut stencil was applied to the layered surface of the canvas then thickly applied oil paint was used to create a regular pattern of ovals inspired by jersey fabric
Everyday Walk
Oil on Canvas
Diptych
72"w X 36"h
2006
Private Collection
Suspended Sound
Oil on Canvas
60"w X 60"h
2006
Artist's Collection
Oil Paintings
The paintings in the Senses series visually explore ways formal abstraction can evoke sensory responses from viewers. The triptych format investigates physical and psychological connections between body and environment. Color is used to create ambiguous figure ground relationships and symbolic representations of body and environment. Layering is used to reveal and conceal the construction of the painted surface.
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