Studio Notes/Writing (Selection)
This is a new section which will feature personal essays related to works, themes, projects and observations on painting.
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Do caterpillars go to heaven?
Painting is an open space where anything can happen—at least for me. It’s a kind of serious play, allowing the painting process and materials to help guide how a work comes to a resolution. It’s a cooperation of sorts. Every decision is in fact, intentional, such as leaving some things as they are when an…
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Me Neither: Essay on Matisse
Finding harmony within his work, not only within the larger elements of design but also through representing his life experiences on the canvas, Matisse considered everything. For every shift in color we have a counterbalance. His use of black and white within the work never feels extraneous.