Happiness (is this a test) Painting

Happiness (is this a test) continues my New Vision Series, which was a response to vision issues. This series portrays my feelings of solitude and comfort in the sanctuary of music, by use of color and soft texture. Framed a smooth white wood floater frame, which measures 37.5x41.5x2 inches, the painting itself is 36x40 inches. It is finished with several coats of a professional permanent satin/matte varnish. Despite their names, my art is nonobjective. I am inspired by texture, happenstance and the patina of worn surfaces; natural and manmade. I see grace and nostalgia in their visual history. I think this sensitivity allows me to approach my work with an uninhibited perspective on aesthetics, using color and visual texture as the primary elements in my geometric compositions. Each painting takes me on its own journey in which I intuitively listen and respond, incorporating of a variety of techniques and countless layers of acrylic and mixed media, constantly accumulating and reducing the applied materials until each piece finds its own end.