Portfolio of Light and Darkness

The work in this series draw from the deep and rich palette of emotive power, contrasting light and color to call forth the transcendence of light and the fragility of form.  In many paintings of this series I use a blending of dark umber and prussian blue to create a tonal “black” that is an exploration of depth and richness of color, rather than absence of color.  

Each piece examines the relationship between dark and light, between shadow and reflection, between inner quiet light and outer brash light. As such, the paintings honor what cannot be relayed in words: exploring the immaterial realm, infinity, and formlessness, and creating a still point within an ever-changing world.  

They invite the viewer to connect with and experience their own inner emotions as they present a visual metaphor of our shared “beingness”, and invite us to experience the transitory nature of life via the constancy of the great sweet darkness and warming light, to which we are continually drawn, and from which we continually move away.