A new space - Buffalo Art Movement
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A new space

November 15th to December 12th

My new body of work represents a significant shift for me.  I have left a more image-based practice for one that exists purely in my head.  I am more interested in lines and organizations, color and color relationships, the building of layers, transparency, and texture, obscuring specific information, and ultimately of creating space on the canvas.  I have found that my architectural background is alive and active as I paint.  

 

Architects notoriously bring precision and control of outcomes.  I work to let go of some of these tendencies and respect also, intuition and feeling.  Many times I release precision into the paint and bring it back in a more intuitive way.  

 

I savor layers of information and vestigial lines; remnants of another moment or thought.  I constantly consider color for the sublime joy it can deliver as well as nuances and subtle shifts in relationships.  

Years ago I had a professor who famously said, “Never draw more in the morning than you can erase in the afternoon”.  I edit with paint, but also through erasure and the removal of paint by rubbing and scraping.  I ultimately want to create a new space, a new experience.  The huge challenge is knowing when it is enough and stopping then.

Exhibition Preview

Closing night cocktail reception: Pareidolic Muse, Reverberations: Steps Towards Ancestral Healing, and Linear Fluidity. September 27th, 2024. 5:00-8:30 PM

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