Sometimes a painting is primarily an exercise in design choices. Usually they start this way for me, and ‘meaning’ is found during the process of exploring relationships.
Interior with Black Ceilings, 2024
oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
Balance and counter balance. The play of similar shape blocks of the portrait on the wall and the door to another room. The pattern/embellishment of the circular rug pattern and the angular grid on the wall. The relationship dark ceiling shapes to the shape of the chair. The shift of flavors of blue for the walls.
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White Minimalist Interior with Rose Chair Picture, 2024
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 inches
An exploration of light gray with undertones. A stripped out space with an oversize picture within picture, which suggests a comparison of cropping distances.
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Interior with Comparable Rhythms, 2024
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 inches
Sharp angular floor vs. curved wall embellishment. Opposing abstractions. The figurative form is in an ‘over dramatic’ pose to fill the frame.
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Interior with Encroaching Patterns, 2025
Acrylic and Oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
A funky floor pattern of ‘blubbery forms’. Curving rectilinear and oval pattern.
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