“It’s complicated.”
This current popular phrase used by Gen X’ers and Millennials to describe a new love life paradigm on social media is the phrase most likely used by outside observers to describe my last 7 years of creativity. Gold leaf, bubbles, abstraction, landscapes and figurative pop stylings run amok in what must look like an out of control pendulum of discovery and stylistic makeovers. However, look more closely and it’s clear these series are strong lateral moves that are in no way confusing, but are stages in a rather intuitive evolution. My natural curiosity and artistic muse-following have clear origins in the earlier work, and inspire and develop naturally into the next series.
I am constantly working and creating directly on the canvas and feel my innate knowledge of my physical work has recently surpassed my intellectual capacity to describe every step. Nature, as always, plays a huge influence in my vision, perhaps more literally now than before, but I am working from memory and intuition, as opposed to photographs or plein aire. Texture, line and composition play equally with loose color fields and soft S-curves. The new abstracts and abstract landscapes are, I’m sure, one more bridge to my next series.
