Offer

I began this drawing with the simple intent to have an image that lifts off of the paper.  I had mental images of vacuoles within the intracellular matrix, providing as they do.

I decided to begin by sketching out ideas, and resulted in a few types of form that I would then create.  Using separate sheets of paper, I began building texture with water color, and simultaneously creating shapes to be stacked.

Behold

The natural world holds uncounted secrets and surprises.  Often they find us at our least expectant, displaying beauty, wonderment, awe, or terror.

Beginning as a playful study in contrast and pattern, I began sketching and found myself drawn towards certain biological textures.  Hard, defined edges creating shape, and other soft transitions which only suggest, inspired me.   Subtle changes in tone, to show perspective and form, became quite entertaining. 

Trust

I find the trust we, as a society, put into the built objects around us an interesting thing.  These infrastructural pieces of our lives, which have so much utility, could let us down at any moment.  We forget, ignore, and trust.  It will be ok.

In order to create a dreamy feeling, and find textures within the puddles created when adding additional water to washes, I worked mostly with wet-on-wet water color for most of this painting.  The scene I recreated from bits of memory.  As it developed on paper, I added additional pieces of feeling related to certain places I tend to find myself.

Range

A slight feeling of lonesomeness lingers in me as I stare out of an airplane window.  I see the patterns that are woven together by nature and by man.  The extended range of view from this vantage point gives life an interesting perspective.  It is a lens that illuminates processes, forms, and patterns in their true scale.

Inspired by these illuminations, I decided to respond to some of the observed textures and patterns of the landscape as seen from 30,000 ft.  I used found wood milling scraps, with their natural pattern and tone along with added dye, to paint an image of these things.