Traveling

This painting is part of the latticeWorks series. The use of color and compositional elements in this series help the viewer stay in the painting and interpret what they see through their own experience and observation. Many of the images and figures are purposely left ambiguous so that the viewer can develop their own narrative based on the meanings of the symbols or images for them. This ambiguity also allows for images to have more than one meaning, and to reflect the multiple facets of human nature.
The fluid brushwork of the figure 8 may represent infinity and the narrative of our travels through life and beyond possibly into another phase of existence. The figures on this journey encounter obstacles, symbolized by the jagged form to their left, and alternately encounter the energy of nature symbolized by grasses and growth on the right side of the painting.