Slow Down Painting

This particular painting was built slowly over many sessions in the studio.The painting is on canvas primed with clear gesso. After an initial gestural wash of blue paint, smaller areas of texture and value were added while the painting was wet. Collaged canvas bits, dangling threads, and stitching in select areas complete this mixed media painting on canvas. This painting will ship rolled in a tube and can be re-stretched and framed at your local framing shop. Artist Statement: My work is an investigation of my internal world and a reflection my thoughts. Through throwing, scraping, brushing, and pouring paint across a surface followed by incorporating carefully controlled and considered details I explore the complex relationship between release and control. I am intrigued by this juxtaposition and the expressive freedom found within the materiality of experimenting with different mediums and the process it takes to find a balance. Gestural marks create a “mental landscape,” a visual depiction of my thought patterns depicted through repetition, texture, juxtaposition, collision of marks and color. The mystery of the process is an opportunity towards self-reflection, meditation and an awareness of the what’s beneath the surface. Every painting is a visual record, a story that tows the line of reality and the imaginary.