Painting & Mixed Media

When I first returned to painting, I only thought in two dimensions. Yet within a few weeks I felt compelled to try different ways of applying paint that gave the works depth, that created layers and multiple avenues to interpretation. Inevitably I turned to "art papers" (commercial and home made), cardboard, bubble wrap, found materials, and a variety of acrylic mediums, exploring textures, light and color in combination with paint. I love playing with fluid paints that can be squirted, splashed or sprayed. They provide energy. I also experiment with a variety of pastes and gels that act as topographic maps, crevices, wrinkles, canyons, and use a variety of tools and objects to carve or emboss more texture and more layers. Many of my works are third or fourth generations—that last layer providing the rationale for the first. Although I might have a general direction in mind when I start, sooner or later the materials find their own path.