Rewind and Rework - an Artists Evolution

This is "Indra's Lava Pond" an oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches, that I just added to and reworked a little so that it fits in with the newer work more properly. I keep all the paintings that I've recently done facing me in my studio so that I can study them for lengthy periods of time. I can see the way my work evolves easily. This might be why my oeuvre has been developing so quickly. I am happy for the progress but hope that each phase of my work (which has been in the public eye) is enjoyed and appreciated for its own aesthetic values. I also hope that the development of my work is seen as such and not misinterpreted for ambiguity in style or artistic indecision.

Dust & Gravel

Here is a new oil painting that I recently finished called "Dust & Gravel", 48 x 60 inches. I'm consistantly using pen over the oil paint now to create a contrast in line and texture. I'm also experimenting with wet on wet and more expressionist fields or backgrounds. I'm combining them with flat, solid, foreground fields to excentuate disconcerting feelings in the composition. I like the hanging skull amidst the debris illustrating a remnant of humanity no longer part of this environment. The rubble is drawn to itself and collects as in orbit around a distant celestial body.

X-Ray Glasses

This is a new piece titled X-Ray Glasses. Its on a 24 x 30 inch canvas my dad got me for Christmas. (Thanks Dad!) This is the first painting that I tried using the painterly and clean graphic looks together. I really dig the way it came out. I got this one done just in time to include it in my submission to the big Beyond/In Western New York 2009. It would be great to have anything to do with that show. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Here's dreaming!