The Blue Vase, Series 32 #39 Painting

This gallery wrapped canvas arrives ready-to-hang with hanging hardware included. It is signed on the front with my initials, and also along the bottom edge of the stretched canvas with my initials, last name, date completed, and the series number. This work can also be made available for purchase unstretched/rolled in a tube for a $150 USD discount. All paintings in this series incorporate high quality traditional media including clear gesso primer, acrylic paints, pigment-based India inks, and graphite. The heavy-duty canvas is #10 duck cotton with a raw, pre-primed weight of 15 oz/yard, and the painted area is sealed with two layers of soft-gel gloss isolation coat. ------- My works represent a constant outpouring of singular impressions: clearly isolated images that capture flashes of emotion, changes in perception, or moments of recognition. I give fleeting thoughts as much consideration as monumental ideas: nothing is more important than anything else and every small thing has its place. My process is modeled after the methods of improvisational theater. I make a first mark, then ask myself, “if this is true, what else is true?” I repeat this process with the addition of each new element, using personal experience to shape the final image. Each image represents an isolated narrative, yet all the images together tell a larger story. My accountability for the truth and permanence of this story is an important part of my identity as an artist. This is why I make all my works in sequential series, and never destroy or hide any of them.