Logical Progression

The open grid matrices that make up this series of paintings begin as simple lines of color. These lines are built up across the painting surface and layered to produce an image of accumulated structures of varying color and sizes. The structures and markings are constructed and organized in direct response to what was done in previous layers. Colors and lines from earlier layers intermingle with those on top, creating a visual tension that reflects my experience of being aware of the multiple dimensions of urban life.

This approach allows me to freely explore aspects of aggregation and negation through color, line, mark-making and brushwork. Some of the resulting architectonic and maplike images are purposefully overflowing with information, reflecting the multiple layers of my emotional responses to the urban landscape. The collision of sight and sound with the man-made and natural come together in ways that we are sometimes unaware of and I’m attempting to explore some of these interconnections through my paintings.