Acrylic, inks, paper, tissue. 10″ x 10″ on cradle board in 11″ x 11″ black floater frame.
Existential Vertigo
“Existential Vertigo”
60″ x 48″ x 1 1/2″
Acrylic on hand-stretched canvas
I have long been fueled by live music—a gathering of connected souls dancing, singing, and sweating to the same beat. Part of that experience is often coupled with visuals of electric lights panning out over the crowd or lighting up a soloing musician. It’s a cathartic shared experience that can never be recreated quite the same. I’ve tried to capture those light rays, how they wash over you and take you to a higher place, a place where your soul beats on the same connected line as everyone else. In rhythm, in harmony, in balance.
All That Glimmers In Between
“All That Glimmers In Between”
48″ x 48″ x 1 1/2″
Acrylic on a hand-stretched raw canvas
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
Carl Jung
Inner Algo-rhythm
“Inner Algo-rhythm”
30″ x 24″ x 1″
Acrylic on Linen
**This piece is hanging at the MOS Pop-Up Show @ #110 Bon Air Shopping Center, Greenbrae, CA
The Universe
“The Universe”
72”x 60” x 1 1/2″
Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas
I love for art to feel cinematic- how it takes over your senses as it draws you in emotionally. This is partly why I love painting so big. I want my paintings to feel like they are experienced rather than just looked at. There’s more dimension there, even though they are flat. There’s movement and energy even though the image is static. A narrative among the abstraction.
“The Universe” is a homage to a work by Sengai Gibson, a Zen painter, I saw years ago at the Kennin-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan.
“The circle-triangle-square is Sengai’s picture of the universe. The circle represents the infinite, which is the basis of all beings. But the infinite in itself is formless. We humans, endowed with senses and intellect, demand tangible forms. Hence, a triangle. The triangle is the beginning of all forms. Out of it first comes the square. A square is a triangle doubled. This doubling process goes on infinitely, and we have a multitudinously of things, which the Chinese philosopher calls ‘the ten thousand things’, that is, the universe.” Suzuki
It’s interesting how these shapes resonated with me, and I have long revered their simplicity and complexity. Like a Zen riddle, it’s infinitely deep and meditative, but also, these are the shapes that make up everything we see. ◼️🔵🔺
Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong
“Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong”
60″ x 60″ x 1 1/2″
Mixed Media on Linen
A Wave of Enthusiasm
“A Wave of Enthusiasm”
48″ x 96″ x 1 1/2″ (tryptch)
Mixed Media on Canvas
A Little Dose of Awe
“A Little Dose of Awe”
30″ x 60″ x 1 1/2″
Mixed Media on Canvas
Bon Tempe II
Pastel 12″ x 9″ + frame
Oh Heavens!
Pastel 24″w x 18″h + frame
