After I’ve completed a series or finished a project, I take time to begin researching and experimenting with new subjects, styles, and color palettes. If I’m lucky I happen upon something right away and am able to develop my next series of paintings. Other times, I pick up from a one-off creation that I completed in the middle of a different series and didn’t continue. I let that painting speak to me and tell me a story. Then I let that story guide me through a new body of work.
I wasn’t as lucky when I started Remnants…
Read More“What is your inspiration?”
This is probably the most difficult question for me to answer. The initial thought that leads to my art is’t ever linear. It’s more like an accumulation of what I see, what I imagine, what makes my heart beat a little faster, and what I’ve created before. However, there is one bit of inspiration that’s at the root of my paintings — color.
Read MoreFlowers are often the theme in my paintings. When given a meaning, I get lost in the flowers as I paint them and recreate them. However, from time to time I have to take a break from them. My 2018 flower paintings are mystical, vibrant, and very popular, but a few things happened in the matter of a few months.
Read MoreSometimes fear can stop me from moving forward with a painting. This is the story of a time I didn’t let it.
Read MoreI’m not 100% classically trained. I’ve had many good art instructors who have taught me how to create shadows, make shapes with color, and balance negative and positive space. However, once I left their instruction I had to experiment a lot with my technique.
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