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"Red Roses"
watercolour, graphite, and ink
approx. size 32 inches x 24 inches
SOLD
I plan to make posters of this
image in the coming year.
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Painting is like playing a multi-level chess game.
Every time your paint brush touches the paper
the whole painting changes. These changes
inform your next move.
Usually I start with a general idea for each painting.
Then I concentrate on listening to my feelings to guide
the decisions I make regarding the emotional content
developing in the work.
It's the same with choosing the colours; I go with
colours that feel right for the particular painting
on which I am working.
Beyond the very barest bones of colour theory,
I am not much for it. I prefer to explore colours
on my own. Spending endless hours with your
palette is the only way to unlock the secrets of
the pigments.
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This painting is done with watercolour, ink, and graphite.
One of the joys of working on paper is that I can combine
different mediums as the whim strikes me. The paper
I most often use is 300lb Fabriano hot press. This is a
heavy cotton paper that never needs stretching.
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Using a mirror, I used myself as
a modeled for this painting. My
intention was not that her face
should look like me and, in fact,
she looks nothing like me. I only
used myself as a jumping off point
for facial features and shadows
to invent a brand new face for
this painting.
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This painting is about the
precariousness of life.
It is about those times when
you are on the edge of life
as you know it . You are
looking into a new place
that you didn't know existed.
You don't know if you should
feel comfort or dread. And,
you can't even explain this
new knowledge to yourself.
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Butterflies appear in my paintings regularly.
A road-kill butterfly was the model for these
butterflies. This delicate casualty wasn't mangled
too badly so I carefully brought it home with me.
There have been times when the freezer has been
the home to collections of insects and birds that
have met their untimely deaths on highways and
byways. Because I don't work from photos, these
frozen creatures become invaluable treasures as
I paint them into my work.
The orange concentric circles emanating from
the butterflies signify my belief that nature is
speaking to us in languages that are not natural
to our ears. If we want to "hear" nature speak
we must abandon the thought that we know
anything. We must come to nature unburdened
by our preconceived ideas of what we might
hear or see.
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"The Fan"
watercolour, graphite, 23kt gold leaf
approx. size 32 inches x 24 inches
Sold
I have posters available of
this image in Gallery Six.
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