Studio Work

The past several days in the studio have presented me with work inspired by referencing Helen Frankenthaler. She is known for her abstract expressionistic landscapes on various unprepared surfaces. Although I have been taught that archival approaches to my work are most appropriate, I have chosen to paint canvases without priming them. I am treating them as if they were watercolors on canvas. I have also been painting wood prepared with clear primer (much like a synthetic version of rabbit skin glue) using oil and cold wax and a scraping method.

Much of the color is being determined by scraping and blending process while the work is in the hands of it's maker. I like allowing the wood to show through.