PROCESS
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The above images show how I use materials from my earlier work to help create new works.
My Building Worlds and subsequent series originated from an inspiration I had while painting my Truck Series: Jerome, Arizona, I used a heavily textured technique to paint this series as described here:
"It is important to me that my paintings honor the transition from firm and sound to aged and malleable. This is why I use a loose, eclectic approach that incorporates impasto surfaces. I often begin with a “gesso underpainting” frosting the canvas with a thick application of gesso and rending an initial roughing in of the first phase of my piece. This gives me a textured foundation layer that includes a “sketch” of some of the fundamental elements of the piece that I plan to develop. The resulting rough impasto surfaces suggest the tactile qualities of these rundown trucks and cars. Ultimately, I unify the piece using layers of rich tones of acrylic paint and perhaps collage elements to give new life to these defunct scenes of aging vehicles. In essence, my paintings invite viewers to use their senses to discover the wonder in these overlooked gems and celebrate these desolate places."
Below are images of two paintings from Truck Series: Jerome, Arizona.
"It is important to me that my paintings honor the transition from firm and sound to aged and malleable. This is why I use a loose, eclectic approach that incorporates impasto surfaces. I often begin with a “gesso underpainting” frosting the canvas with a thick application of gesso and rending an initial roughing in of the first phase of my piece. This gives me a textured foundation layer that includes a “sketch” of some of the fundamental elements of the piece that I plan to develop. The resulting rough impasto surfaces suggest the tactile qualities of these rundown trucks and cars. Ultimately, I unify the piece using layers of rich tones of acrylic paint and perhaps collage elements to give new life to these defunct scenes of aging vehicles. In essence, my paintings invite viewers to use their senses to discover the wonder in these overlooked gems and celebrate these desolate places."
Below are images of two paintings from Truck Series: Jerome, Arizona.
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These images of my paintings in a sense spoke to me, and I conceived of a process I now call artistic propagation. I began by extracting the textured elements so vividly shown in these photos and bringing them into a fresh new context. With this in mind, I experimented with digitally manipulating photos of my work in various ways and cropping components such as grills and headlights from the trucks to create unique printed archival collage papers. I planned to affix them to the support in a purely abstract non-representational manner. I found myself arranging them in strata and enjoying the results. I also realized that a world was emerging. The image to the left shows an example of this new exploration in process.
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As a colorist by nature, I began to paint with vivid colors onto this collage foundation. To my surprise, the resulting painting although interesting seemed to lose some drama and interest. With this in mind, I resolved to limit my palette to a narrow range for the building worlds series. My Color my Worlds and Worlds in Process series enable me to explore the use of color with additional novel techniques.
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