Tulip Poplar XXIV Painting - Limited Edition of 100

I have been working as an artist and photographer since the 1970s. My early training was at The School of the Chicago Art Institute. In those days, I began exploring the layering of materials, most often oil pastels, on paper and using a range of tools to scrape away later layers to reveal earlier marks and compositions, many of which were abstract figurative. The beauty and variability of texture have continued to play a role in my painting and photography to this day. For the past ten years, I have been exploring the infinite varieties of texture and pattern represented in tree bark and lichen revealed through macro photography. More recently I have been experimenting with the marriage of photography with painterly compositions, once again layering images digitally one upon another, then partially erasing later layers to reveal either a design or photographic image that had been previously hidden. These multi-media compositions along with my photographic images of tree bark are now in a number of private collections, as are many of my earlier works on paper produced in the 80s and 90s. I am currently exploring painting on a photograph of a singular Tulip Poplar leaf in what I’m calling The 100 Leaves Project. I am maintaining the fundamental compositional structure and exploring the relationship of color, much in the vein of the color explorations of Josef Albers, a 20th Century artist. Each composition is distinct, creating different notes in a symphony of color. For many years I was represented by Albertson Peterson Gallery in Winter Park, FL, and have also shown with The Mark Fine Art Gallery in Stuart, FL at SNAP! Downtown in Orlando, FL, and most recently in several shows with the Women’s Caucus for Art Georgia.