2019-ongoing : My paintings have been driven by the play between stability and change. The compositional arrangement of each painting begins with six lines, open and closed, and a phrase or word. These hexagrams are appropriated from the I Ching (The Book of Changes). The word or phrase also comes from this ancient Chinese divination text, where complex abstract ideas linked to human existence are discussed.
The initial parts of the painting process led to the improvisational search. The shifting surfaces, shapes, layers of translucent color, and relief surfaces—built with beeswax, pigment, and detritus—attempt to evoke transitions from one phenomenon to another which are connected to the physical and contemplative world.
Contemplation, 2026, 48″ x 48″, pigment, beeswax on wooden panel
Veiled Light, 2026, 48″ x 48″, pigment, beeswax on wooden panel
Grace, 2026, 48″ x 48″, pigment, beeswax on wooden panel
Difficulty at the Beginning, 2026, 48″ x 48″, pigment, beeswax on wooden panel
Retreat, 2026, 24″ x 24″, pigment, beeswax, paper on wooden panel
Waiting, 2026, 36″ x 36″, oil paint, cold wax on wooden panel
Resoluteness, 2026, 24″ x 24″, pigment, beeswax on wooden panel
The Receptor, 2025, 24″ x 24″, oil paint on wooden panel
Preponderance of the Small, 2024, 36″x36″, pigment, beeswax on wooden panel
Gradual Progress, 2025, 36″ x 36″ pigment, beeswax on wooden panel
