Visiting scenic Ojai, CA inspired this artwork. A painted canvas was cut up and select pieces were mounted to five sealed wood panels to create a new collaged composition. Varnished (Gamvar) to a somewhat satin finish on all areas except the unvarnished, matte white. Walnut artist's frame finished with Danish oil, signed on back. Please view video for additional details.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I make mostly large oil and mixed-media paintings rooted in the harmonizing rhythms of nature. Fundamental to a healthy planet and a compassionate, thriving global society, this energy informs my work as it balances order and entropy in abstraction, manifests its transformative intelligence into biological form, and regulates the pulse of contemporary urban life.
My process has always centered in a strong partnership with collective creative energy, a synergy that quiets analytical thinking and amplifies intuitive flow. Guided by this internal knowing, most artworks emerge through spontaneous gestural mark-making, organic lines and shapes, movement, textured layers, and unexpected color and compositions. Emanating from our interconnectedness with all life as one diverse, living ecosystem, these paintings invite a deeper resonance with the heart—an inner alignment that softens our edges and inspires the compassionate action needed to holistically re-form our fragmented world.