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Painting
I work in series often working on several different series a t one time, currently I’m working on 3 different series one being fauvist like portraits of friends and family or anyone who sits too long in view of my presence another is digital photo collages and paintings on my iPad and another series called poolside paintings, these are ongoing and the changing from piece to piece influencing each other in from different mediums.
Pool Side Painting Series
This series started as a summer project as I was spending quit a bit of time at the pool and I had also been studying David Hockney’s work and was inspired to paint these pool scenes. I started with drawings done on location and then took them into the studio. I have been enjoying the process of capturing the implication and illusion of water it has been a pleasant challenge.
Inspiration for this series came from several places, a painting I saw in a gallery in the crossroads, a printmaking workshop that I took last summer that lead me to reviewing some old sketchbooks, images and other artworks.
I was interested in experimenting with layering oil painting over of acrylic paintings and layering images in that manner. I have enjoyed the vibrant effect on the colors starting on brightly colored backgrounds.
Starting from old drawings moving to printmaking then to the canvas and the continual progression of something new and ever changing. Blind contour drawings of friends and family.