Decomposition Painting

The composition of this work is anchored around a thick black streak which is contrasted by a light neutral background. The black line was repeatedly built up and scraped away in order to acheive a finer textural resolution. The soft edges are developed in contrast to more geometric orthagonal elements. The rectilinear geometries consider the insertion of architecture into nature with varying degrees of neutrality. Architecture and nature have unique frequencies of decay and reconstruction. The experimental techniques used to construct this painting reveal this discontinuity through layering and scraping. Amorphous aggregations of the various media allowed for the development of thicker linear masses. This thickness provided enough depth to create more distinct edges simply by the removal of material. Although the sufacing of the painting reads as being relatively flat, it was conceived with spatial considerations of surface, grid, and object.