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Chilly Mornings
Acrylic, oil & encaustic on wood panel, 12x12", 2007
The Unconscious
Acrylic & graphite on wood panel, 24x24", 2007
The transfer of paint and line to canvas is a spontaneous and personal mark making process for me. I search to express my own energy, space and movement in time through automatic gesture.
My line work is at the base of all my art, like an armature holding it together. Some lines are held by color, some colors hold the lines, some create a separate dimension of their own. With delicate wandering lines or strong bold marks, I like to create fantasy landscapes and organic abstractions. What inspires me may be as simple as the colors in nature or the shape of a cactus thorn. In the moment of drawing, the direct reference is gone and replaced with the freedom of the hand and mind. I often create wire sculptures influenced by my sketches, and my drawings and paintings are in turn informed by these sculptures. This process of dimensional abstraction from to 2-D to the 3-D and back again provides me with endless possibilities.
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