Oil Painting

Abstract 5.1

Oil, Canvas, 2017, 10 in. x 8 in. x 0.5 in. This is the first of the fifth series of small abstract oil paintings. Pink, beige, lavender, and green are used through the painting process.

Abstract 5.2

Oil, Canvas, 2017, 10 in. x 8 in. x 0.5 in. This is the first of the fifth series of small abstract oil paintings. Pink, beige, lavender, and green are used through the painting process.

Abstract 5.3

Oil, Canvas, 2017, 10 in. x 8 in. x 0.5 in. This is the first of the fifth series of small abstract oil paintings. Pink, beige, lavender, and green are used through the painting process.

Abstract 10

Oil, Canvas, 2017, 12 in. x 9 in. x 0.5 in. This is the first of the small abstract colored ground oil paintings. Pink, beige, orange, and green are used through the painting process.

Abstract 7.1

Oil, Canvas, 2017, 10 in. x 8 in. x 0.5 in. This is the second of the seventh series of small abstract oil paintings. Peach, orange, yellow, and lavender are used through the painting process.

Abstract 7.2

Oil, Canvas, 2017, 10 in. x 8 in. x 0.5 in. This is the second of the seventh series of small abstract oil paintings. Peach, orange, yellow, and lavender are used through the painting process.

Abstract 7.3

Oil, Canvas, 2017, 10 in. x 8 in. x 0.5 in. This is the second of the seventh series of small abstract oil paintings. Peach, orange, yellow, and lavender are used through the painting process.

Abstract 11

Oil, Canvas, 2017, 12 in. x 9 in. x 0.5 in. This is the second of the small abstract colored ground oil paintings. Mauve, being, green, and blue are used through the painting process.

Abstract 8.1

Oil, Canvas, 2017, 10 in. x 8 in. x 0.5 in. This is the third of the eighth series of small abstract oil paintings. Yellow, green, and blue are used through the painting process.

Abstract 8.2

Oil, Canvas, 2017, 10 in. x 8 in. x 0.5 in. This is the third of the eighth series of small abstract oil paintings. Yellow, green, and blue are used through the painting process.

Abstract 8.3

Oil, Canvas, 2017, 10 in. x 8 in. x 0.5 in. This is the third of the eighth series of small abstract oil paintings. Yellow, green, and blue are used through the painting process.

Abstract 12

Oil, Canvas, 2017, 12 in. x 9 in. x 0.5 in. This is the third of the small abstract colored ground oil paintings. Yellow, beige, green, and blue are used through the painting process.

Abstract 13

Oil, Canvas, 2017, 12 in. x 9 in. x 0.5 in. This is the fourth of the small abstract colored ground oil paintings. Gray, green, and two blues are used through the painting process.

It is about capturing the feeling of the moment during reflection rather than forcing images of the past. Some memories are more clear and others obscure no matter the time from past to present. I focus on the intense methodology that precedes the intuitive part of painting. The feelings of memories are captured through the methodical mixing of colors and the multitude of preliminary designs.

With each gesture I make, I create another in reaction to the previous rather than on memory itself. In the same way we reflect on our memories, each time we tend to see it differently and respond. The colored marks flicker like images in your mind and not yet stable. Rough or delicate, large or small, or added or removed marks portray the perception of memories whether they are mundane or monumental, clouded or clear, or sweet or bitter. Colors and marks evolve from the remnants derived from the culmination of process into an exploration of the physical act of painting.