I paint subjects that confront me with emotion, grabbing hold of me and insisting on my attention. As I walk through this world, these subjects stand in my path, refusing to let go until I stop to reflect on their profound presence through paint.
Through my paintings, I seek to explore and deepen my understanding of the visual depth and spatial relationships within the artwork. My goal is to create an immersive experience that not only evokes a profound emotional response but also invites viewers to engage in thoughtful contemplation. By experimenting with composition, perspective, and color, I aim to challenge traditional notions of space and form, ultimately providing a richer, more dynamic interaction with the visual and emotional aspects of the art. I hope that each piece becomes a gateway for both personal reflection and a deeper connection with the complexities of the visual world.
Through my paintings, I seek to explore and deepen my understanding of the visual depth and spatial relationships within the artwork. My goal is to create an immersive experience that not only evokes a profound emotional response but also invites viewers to engage in thoughtful contemplation. By experimenting with composition, perspective, and color, I aim to challenge traditional notions of space and form, ultimately providing a richer, more dynamic interaction with the visual and emotional aspects of the art. I hope that each piece becomes a gateway for both personal reflection and a deeper connection with the complexities of the visual world.
The elliptical space of a sphere inspires my paintings and is seen here. The overwhelming sensations of twilight moves me to paint the colors of light.
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My painting below is on a actual sphere, it illustrates my ideas about space in relation to the ellipse and sphere. As this sphere rotates the three paintings express the passing of time from Dawn to Dusk.
Below is my Flo Gris Museum Lantern Project for their Spring Gardens Aglow Fund Raiser. My sphere lantern painting design is inspired by Tiffany Falls Stained-Glass and is painted with faux acrylic stained-glass paint, on a 30-inch paper lantern, lit from within it glows. It was sold in their silent auction at the museum fund raiser.
My circle-format painting story began many years ago with ideas and questions about the flat space of a 2D painting surface. 2008, I embarked on this artistic journey by painting on old wooden bowls I discovered at tag sales. As a panel painter, I was drawn to these bowls' unique convex and concave surfaces, which provided a fascinating departure from traditional flat surfaces.
However, I soon realized that the bowls' curvature constrained my vision. I transitioned from painting on curved bowl supports to focusing on flat circles, as an ellipse can only comfortably be a hemisphere on a bowl. This shift was inspired by my fascination with how ellipses, as explored in this painting, which I nicknamed "Pondering Cezanne," connect planes of 2D space and create the feeling of a sphere which is closer to the cone of vision in how we see, think, and feel about visual sensations.
I began to explore the concept that visual space is not confined to a flat circle but is experienced in three dimensions. I employ vertical and horizontal ellipses in my sphere paintings to evoke a sphere's form. The reflection of nature in the Pondering Series paintings exemplifies how that completes the two sides of a hemisphere, uniting to illustrate an optical sphere of space. This approach allows me to explore and communicate the emotional sensation between form, space, and perception.
Through my paintings, I aim to expand my understanding of the visual depth of spatial relationships, inviting others to have an immersive emotional sensation and contemplative visual art experience.
Perhaps the May 2024 lantern painting I created for the Flo Gris Museum on the 3D lantern form got me thinking, "I could share more of my thoughts about painting space with others." I'm still determining why I never painted on actual spheres until Flo Gris invited me. David Rau mentioned, "Oh yeah, we can see the sphere in your work, which is why we invited you for this project." How amazing is that? Thank you, Flo Gris.
I hadn't considered an actual 3D sphere before because I was focused on the challenges of 2D space. Yet, even a 3D object has a 2D space, as illustrated in the lantern. Thanks to the Flo Gris Museum for getting my ball rolling ha-ha. I don't know if more 3D spheres will be in my future, but they were inspiring then and continue to be, and the 2D perceptual spheres made by an ellipse in nature and on a circle remain my muse.
However, I soon realized that the bowls' curvature constrained my vision. I transitioned from painting on curved bowl supports to focusing on flat circles, as an ellipse can only comfortably be a hemisphere on a bowl. This shift was inspired by my fascination with how ellipses, as explored in this painting, which I nicknamed "Pondering Cezanne," connect planes of 2D space and create the feeling of a sphere which is closer to the cone of vision in how we see, think, and feel about visual sensations.
I began to explore the concept that visual space is not confined to a flat circle but is experienced in three dimensions. I employ vertical and horizontal ellipses in my sphere paintings to evoke a sphere's form. The reflection of nature in the Pondering Series paintings exemplifies how that completes the two sides of a hemisphere, uniting to illustrate an optical sphere of space. This approach allows me to explore and communicate the emotional sensation between form, space, and perception.
Through my paintings, I aim to expand my understanding of the visual depth of spatial relationships, inviting others to have an immersive emotional sensation and contemplative visual art experience.
Perhaps the May 2024 lantern painting I created for the Flo Gris Museum on the 3D lantern form got me thinking, "I could share more of my thoughts about painting space with others." I'm still determining why I never painted on actual spheres until Flo Gris invited me. David Rau mentioned, "Oh yeah, we can see the sphere in your work, which is why we invited you for this project." How amazing is that? Thank you, Flo Gris.
I hadn't considered an actual 3D sphere before because I was focused on the challenges of 2D space. Yet, even a 3D object has a 2D space, as illustrated in the lantern. Thanks to the Flo Gris Museum for getting my ball rolling ha-ha. I don't know if more 3D spheres will be in my future, but they were inspiring then and continue to be, and the 2D perceptual spheres made by an ellipse in nature and on a circle remain my muse.