I have been working on a simplified painting practice. Limited palette, limited brush selection, and limited subject matter. It has been a great experience. I couldn’t be happier with the results. I completed 10-12 paintings focusing on still life in crimson or red. The last week or so I focused on still life in orange.
I do not love orange. I think it might be my least favorite color. I am faced with a struggle. Do I keep going in orange? I painted a naval orange. That was ok. Then I painted rock, paper, scissors because of the orange handle.
And Rock, Paper, Scissors – 12×12 oil on panel
When I finished this painting I wondered what other artists were doing with rock, paper, scissors. I was surprised to see the originality represented. It’s fun to see the same idea painted so many different ways.
And so I continue on in my quest to paint orange things. I am open to any orange ideas. Please feel free to share!
Remember Reflect Reform
In this work, I have been exploring phenomena of memory augmentation. I experimented with reflections and cinematic images by juxtaposing photographs, paint, wood, and mylar. The direction of the work includes painting intimate, reflective, observations of augmented memories.
I began by building a cabinet of curiosities as a way to form a tableau painting and experiment with different media. Inspired by the relief paintings by artist Sally Han, I built a model of a Victorian cabinet using tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution. I painted on a variety of surfaces including wood, photographs, and adding raw lumber to the pieces. In this process, I disassembled the cabinet to give autonomy to each piece. Although I diverted from the original idea of a final installation, there was an impulse to paint larger. Adding mylar was yet another way to accentuate reflection as a part of the critical dialogue with the work. The final result offers an opportunity to remember, reflect, and reform.
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