Intermission XXIX Painting

In the battles of life, there is loss, persistence, and salvation. Some of these episodes, more dramatic than others, serve as pillars or beacons in our own timelines. But I played ice hockey for over 20 years and know the importance of recovery time in between periods of action. The lulls or periods of recovery from and preparation for past and future battles are the necessary intermissions in life that often feel nameless but impact us nevertheless, sometimes in more important ways than the memorable events of our pasts. In life, sometimes we meander along our amorphous, cracked, or abstract thoughts. Our plans for the future are never definite and our memories constantly change. The paintings in this series meditate on these lulls and how thoughts appear and transform as colors within the mind.