Blue on Red

Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas
48” x 48”

Red-Orange on Blue-Greens

Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas
48” x 48”

Earth-Red on Greens

Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas
24” x 24”

Teotihuacan Red

Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas
24” x 24”
Sold

Red on Blue-Greens

Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas
48” x 36”
Sold

Green-Grey on Reds

Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas
48” x 36”
Sold

Orange on Blues

Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas
48” x 36”
Sold

Blue-Grey on Orange

Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas
48” x 36”
Sold

Flesh on Red

OIl and Cold Wax on Canvas
48” x 36”

Yellow Ochre on Red

Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas
48” x 36”

TRACES

These painting start as representations of trees. I begin with a grid to find relationships within the form. Proceeding to a wash, I negotiate the relationship between branches and sky. Slowing down again, I work until the motif of the tree is present. Then I begin to edit out lines by covering them under layers of paint. The branches become fragmented, leaving only traces of what once was.

The paintings develop over a long period of time, often months sometimes a year. They involve careful decisions, discernment and judgment in a responsive and sensitive way. I intersperse other methods such as scraping, scratching, sanding and the addition of cold wax. Through the layers that are built up and removed, a thick and textural surface emerges which reveals a burial and recovery.

Color is the main element for the paintings structure and subjectivity. My color choices evoke a sense of places I have lived and traveled to. Whether it’s the silvery grey-green, blue-green and grey-violets of Seattle, or the warm sienna and ochre earth tones of Italy, nature provides color reference, while memory and emotions saturate it.