Collages, Puzzles, Drawings and other Studies
Things like Sudoku and crossword puzzles, discarded Bingo cards, etc. have become a template for color and compositional experiments some of which inform larger paintings. The drawings, prints and collages can be a means of working out color ideas for paintings, or for creating combinations of colors that resonate emotionally with specific memories or nostalgic wanderings.
They are also about the experience of creation – dropping out of the world of words or time, and being in a state of reverie that eventually takes over, where there is no perception of the passage of time. There is a sensation of being in the past, present, and future all at once, and then eventually, as the painting unfolds, there is color, form, texture and these elements all flow together.
Paintings, Drawings, Prints, and Collage on Paper from 2009 to now.