Shaped paintings
Rule-based abstraction
The shapes are made with only straight lines and circle sections. The lines within the shape must follow the perimeter or the intended perimeter of the described shape.
Any color can be selected. All subsequent applications are of progressive tints of the original color until white is achieved at the center or the outer edge of the work.
The paintings are required to be in oil and the paint is applied thickly, but short of impasto.
Circle paintings
The work is a response to music.
The application of texture and the act of painting with a brush are fundamental elements of the process.
The predominant language of the work is held to just color and line. The physical nature of the medium allows expression throughout the intimacy of textured the inherently flawed method of application.
The painting does not attempt to represent, only to record what is evoked. These evocations may be of a first kiss, a perfect summer or a departed friend.
In this way the paintings often become more about memory and the act of painting than the music itself. Each painting has the title of the music that inspired it.
