Artist Statement: Layered Ripples & Luminous Portals in Warm Grays
TThis series is an in-depth investigation into the physical properties of fluid media and the perceptual effects of pigment accumulation. My technical inquiry centers on the tension between organic fluidity and the hand-painted structures that emerge from it. I begin with an initial form and wait patiently while it dries before adding another layer—and then another—allowing the forms to bleed and merge into dark, almost sinister “blooms.” These organic rifts suggest a sense of weight and gravity that pulls at the edges of the two-dimensional surface.
Geometric Progressions in Grays
The technical inquiry of this body of work centers on the tension between the organic and structure.
I believe my love of science fiction shows in the application of a golden dividing line. A moment of liquid gold moves between the forms to draw your attention to the space in between. These hand-painted, precise, yet imperfect gold acrylic lines effectively slice through the organic chaos to reveal portals, stairwells, or architectural gateways.
These golden boundaries are not rigid or machine-made; their slight imprecision mirrors the natural unpredictability of the watercolor, serving as a bridge between the perceptual world of light and water and a more theoretical exploration of imaginary space.
Through this process, the work moves beyond simple rendering to become a record of time and gravity—mapping how individual moments of pigment application, severed by the golden blade, construct a complex, multi-dimensional narrative on a flat plane.