PAINTING: Luminous Geometric Abstracts in Warm Grays
This series is an in-depth investigation into the way watercolors layer and bleed and the perceptual effects of pigment accumulation. These original paintings juxtapose an in-precise technique with precise geometries to create tension.
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 darker deeper “blooms.” These organic shapes suggest a sense of weight and gravity that pulls at the edges of the two-dimensional surface. And are perfect for an interior design and a creating a soft yet modern look in a mid century interior.
Geometric Progressions in Grays
The technical inquiry of this body of work centers on the tension between the organic and structure.
Perhaps my love of science fiction is showing in the application of a golden dividing line? (…read the Golden Compass?)
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 shapes 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.