Segestre Painting

Two canvases (8" x 10" & 6" x 6") attached securely with metal mending plates, one on the reverse, and an "L" shaped bracket on the side/top. Both canvases began as singular paintings, and were later combined and continued to be worked on over the course of 7 months. There is substantial buildup of paint layers, including a layer of quilted paper soaked in gesso. My paintings always begin with a rough idea, but after starting, it's unknown where it will go. The original idea becomes buried under layer after layer of paint and subsequent ideas. Each layer is an amalgam of my senses (sight, hearing, smell, etc.). I walk away and return many times to work on a single piece. Sometimes over a period of days and weeks, or even years. I don't believe a work is complete until the partially obscured layers trigger the same emotional state and cognitive process I experienced as they were created.