Location: United States
I am a contemporary abstract painter with an extensive background in commercial design. I work out of my Oakland, California studio where I create acrylic and mixed media works on paper, canvas or Birch wood panel. I enjoy working in a variety of formats, including drawing, painting and painted collage.
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“Collaborating with Chaos” is a series of acrylic and mixed media works on paper, canvas or wood panel. My work is primarily driven by my love of color and abstract organic texture. I’m endlessly intrigued while observing color relationships and the ways in which color can effect ones mood and well-being. I like to allow the paint and random pattern to prompt and propel me throughout the compositional development of my work, intermingling chance and deliberate mark-making sporadically throughout the process, while using landscapes, seascapes and environmental concerns as inspiration and as a central theme.
“Fires Across the Water” is a response to the increasing regularity of Northern California summer wild fires and their effect on the environment and respiratory health. Acrylic on canvas, 38.5"W x 47.5"H x 1.75"D
“Lost at Sea” is a meditation on indecision and the uncertainty we are creating for the future of our planet.
Acrylic on wood panel. 21"W x 25.5"H x 1.75"D
Acrylic on wood panel. 21"W x 25.5"H x 1.75"D
Acrylic on wet media paper. Image 14"x14"