Chromatic Code Series
Color is not static; it shifts with light, surroundings and the hues placed beside it. As illumination changes, colors can deepen, soften, warm, or recede, while juxtaposing hues alter how each color is perceived. A tone may appear more luminous, muted, cool, or intense simply through its relationship to the colors around it. These subtle interactions make color a continually changing part of the visual experience. One I am deeply drawn to.
I spend my summers in Maine, looking out from the land on to the water. The colors intrigue me, because nowhere else on Earth do the greens and blues look quite as rich and vibrant. Even putting them together on a piece like this brings me relaxing joy.
Measure Of Scale I
Encaustic and oil pigments. | 20 × 16 inches. $2200
I’ve never really gravitated toward primary colors when painting. Instead I have tended to lean more toward complex or muted tones in my work. For this painting, however, I chose a close to primary blue as my background and ended up enjoying the addition of solid red, a range of greens and sparking gold to round out the work. Never say never, I guess.
Measure Of Scale II
Encaustic and oil pigments. | 20 × 16 inches. $2200
There are two distinct textures in the Chromatic Code series—the irregular background encaustic texture, filled with golden pigment—and the smooth surface texture of the matte oil pigments. Each element contrasts and informs the other in a way that makes this piece appear more abstract from afar and more alive close up.
Prudential
Encaustic and oil pigments. | 20 × 20 inches. $2400
I am a curious person by nature, and science is something I have always been interested in. I’m not reading “A Brief History Of Time” by Stephen Hawking.cover-to-cover like my mom did, but I do enjoy the complexities of the physical world. This piece reminds me of the beauty of complexity.
Seven Up
Encaustic and mixed media on panel. | 12 × 24 inches. SOLD
On any given day I am struck by the verdant colors of nature. Walking through the woods I come upon a footbridge with composing leaves on one side, and light reflecting in a pond on the other. How rich the natural world is, and what a gift we have in observing her.
A Bridge Between
Encaustic and mixed media on panel. | 20 × 20 inches. $2400