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 COLLECTIONS

THE ESSENCE OF THINGS

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I create intuitively, and not formulaically. I’m not fully abstract, I’m not fully realistic, I’m sometimes landscape, sometimes cities and doors. I find my signature in my layering, my color, my destruction and dripping.  The vertical scraping that is unique and special to me.  These things are the things that come out when I’m not thinking about it, when I am truly creating. From representational to abstract, the subject is the least important part of the composition.  More important, is how that subject is expressed through color and process.  It may be unrecognizable as an object or scene, but is intricately represented in essence. Through this process, pieces may seem outwardly, uniquely different in style, but are inwardly speaking the same language. 

 

I read once that our artistic voice comes from the specific choices we make.  I rather feel that the way I paint is not a choice, it’s intuitively reactionary; to the state of mind I’m in, to the idea of the painting, to the epiphanies that surface along the way, and to the little things I find infinitely beautiful.  This artistic response gives me my individual style.

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Seeing the pieces in person, up close, invites you to find the hidden gems of mixed media, of knife stroke, and layers underneath layers of paint. The color beneath informs the color above it, and the two are married through the spray of water and intentional destruction. This allows the viewer to discover something new each time they take a look; a pop of color hidden just out of reach, or a scribble of pastel inviting your eyes to explore more.

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THE CREATIVE JOURNEY COLLECTION

The creative journey has taken me from my beginnings as an artist to my most recent collections and pieces.  It is an era of experimentation and discovery.

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At times, even if I'm working on a collection, I like to steer off the path to create something different and unique.  For example, while painting abstracts, I might get an itch to do some aspens.  I might be asked to paint a bison!  These forays into something different keep me on my toes, and my creativity fresh.  

THE CREATIVE JOURNEY

The creative journey has taken me from my beginnings as an artist to my most recent collections and pieces.  It is an era of experimentation and discovery.

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I am an expressive representational abstract painter - whew! What does that mean?  I conjure a place, an image, a feeling I’ve had, usually in nature, and work to capture the essence of that place, feeling, or thing. Many pieces evoke a sense of place, without an obvious description of that place; it is the unspoken nature of the work that inspires and intrigues. 

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Some pieces seem, outwardly, to be random markings, there is a method to the madness in the laying down of color, texture and movement.  Highly motivated by color,  I proceed with an ultimately emotional connection to the work.  

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At times, even if I'm working on a collection, I like to steer off the path to create something different and unique.  For example, while painting abstracts, I might get an itch to do some aspens.  I might be asked to paint a bison!  These forays into something different keep me on my toes, and my creativity fresh.  

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