Oreste Painting

My paintings begin with a rough idea, but after starting, it is unknown where the painting will go or what I’m doing. The original idea becomes buried under many layers of paint. Each layer is an amalgam of my senses (sight, hearing, smell, etc.). I walk away and return many times to work on a piece. Sometimes over a period of days and weeks, even years. I consider the piece unfinished until the partially obscured layers trigger the same emotional state and cognitive process I experienced the precise moment they were created. This large acrylic and oil pastel on paper is 6 separate pieces of thick paper, connected with various types of heavy duty tape. The texture and construction of the painting is intentionally imperfect.