24"x 24"'

Acrylic, collage and mixed media on wood panel

$900

‘Promises To Keep’ is created for you to immerse yourself in a world of circles, lines, shapes and mark making as they reveal their inner secrets. This painting explores the subtle balance between order and chaos, darkness and light, structure and freedom, within the large format composition.

 

This is mixed media abstract and acrylic painting on a large wood panel. My process involves building up layers of paint and collage as I express myself emotionally. I work on multiple pieces at one time exploring the same idea or theme in different ways. Working on many pieces at once gives me liberty to express myself freely without getting too controlling at an early stage. As I am working, each painting speaks to me differently. It is important to allow each painting to evolve naturally. When the meaning or idea emerges, I start to make decisions about color and composition to bring the work to completion.

 

Being an abstract expressionist, I don’t like to tell people what I was thinking while I am working on a painting because most of the time I don’t know myself. I just want to experiment and explore...discover the possibilities. I really would like for them to take away from the work what speaks to them. I don't want to put any preconceived ideas into the viewer’s head. That is why I like abstract pieces so much, the viewer can form their own conclusions and let their imagination run wild.

 

 

 

There will be Fun

Scrapes of Life

Miles To Go

Come Connect

Breaking the Pattern

9" x 12"

Mixed media - acrylic and collage on paper

NFS - prints available on Fine Art America

 

Motivated by my commitment to the preservation of nature, this, “Celebration of Life” series incorporates recycled paper from old sewing pattern paper, grocery bags, found paper, catalog paper in collage form. I distressed, stenciled, monoprinted and manipulated the paper surfaces, highlighting the struggle between consumption and nature and our need to reduce waste globally. Nature vs technology, written text vs printed text, circles vs lines, hard edges vs soft edges, defined pattern vs the loose paint application. Uncontrolled marks disrupt structural pattern.

The neutral, earthy color palette provides a beacon of hope, embracing a collective approach to environmental preservation. The collection celebrates the paper bags’ journey from tree to canvas.

 

Dahlia

24" x 36"

Large mixed media and acrylic

$1,775

This large abstract mixed media and collage painting reminds me of Monet's painting of Dahlias, except when you look closely at my flowers, each flower, leaf and vase is a mini abstract painting. Several layers of paint and collage were used to create this work. Some past layers are visible at closer inspection.

It was fun painting this, almost like putting a puzzle together .