waves in frames

These images are 4" x 6" and are part of the "100Waves" series I did last winter. I think they look pretty nice all framed up. I should probably put them up on Ebay when I get a new paypal account.


Matted

Floated on Foam Core

Floated on paper

"over the edge" series

I also sometimes referred to this stuff as "horizon" series, but "over the edge" more accuarately captures the intent of thinking about that moment that happens just at the lip of the horizon...



this is an etching/aquatint and is one of four done like this using two different zinc printing plates. Each one of the four is a slightly different color somewhere between this orange/red/fleshy tone and a more yellow tint. The image itself is about 6"x12" with the overall paper size approx. 12"x18"
The intent was to show how converging currents meet at a falls. Look closely and you'll see that the background color (the second printing plate) is a waterfall style image also


This is also an etching and aquatint. I, personally, think that this one worked out a bit better in communicating both the "over the edge" theme with an overlapping stream. I am a big fan of Japanese woodcuts and though it would a bit of a challenge to give a small tip of the hat to the style while using a different printing medium.
The paper size is a little less than 18"x18" with each printing plate (therfore image) is about 12" long


this started as an underpainting,and the bubbly water worked so well immediately, and I just loved the powerful, confident brush strokes of the falls so much that I had to stop and realize that it was done.
12"x24" oil on canvas

purposely using a flesh tone as I thought about the vulnerability of the flesh while going over one of these horizon lines, but also the close, intimate relationship between flesh and water
12"x24" oil on canvas


I left the canvas blank in the corner as a means to think about the unknown element in a waterfall/horizon line. A super simple thought process here: I literally was imagining boofing into the unknown.
12"x24" oil on canvas

Solo Show at FDU

The best parking is across the street from campus, at the tennis courts. The gallery is on the main floor of University Hall. Everyone is encouraged to check this out.


There will be a great contrast betweed black/white and bright colors, as well as between small and large scale. All the emotional, synethetic implications that are associated with such contrasts; contrasts that exist within the same subject.

The paintings address the following contrasts and relationships:
transparency/overlap
matte/gloss
depth/surface
"real"/synesthetic color
motion/still
liquid/solid

The etchings also work with water as the obvious subject but explore themes in a more traditional depiction of the medium. Beyond the multiple prints of an edition relating to the repeated pulsing and crashing of waves, there was a discovery that a drawing tool works in a much more fluid manner than a paint brush often can. Though paint is more fluid, this more like water, in actuality, the process of drawing does not demand as many interruptions, therefore can continue with much greater fluidity. Additionally, the application of ground, the melting of resin, the application of shellac, sumersion in an acid bath, and many times being rinsed in water, demonstrate many more steps that are LITERALLY fluid, in the process of creating an etching plate.

Both aspects of this body of work (painting and etching) are meditations on water and it's close relationship to my creative process. Breathe in the work from a distance, but please, stand close and really look, for that is where most of my time was spent; where the deep meditation happened; gazing into the layers of paint; focusing on a single line...

The next stage of this ongoing project is called 100 Waves (thus the title of the show), and will continue in a new direction after this show. Therefore the pieces shown here in April are the culmination of the first major phase of this long-term project. Be sure to take this rare opportunity to see it all before it's too late.