land 2007-2022
Watercolors
Fade to Grey
Watercolor on Paper
18" x 24", 2022
Dynamism
Watercolor on Paper
18" x 24", 2021
Passage
Watercolor on Paper
18" x 24", 2021
After Thoreau — The Ponds
Watercolor on Paper
9” x 12”, 2021
A New Dawn
Watercolor on Paper
9" x 12”, 2020
Portal
Watercolor on Paper
12" x 9, 2020
[The Rape of] The Origin of the World
Watercolor on Paper
9" x 12", 2020
Shared Matter
Watercolor on Paper
9" x 12" , 2019
Generations
Watercolor on Paper
12" x 9", 2017
Rebirth
Watercolor on Paper
12" x 9", 2017
Merging Into Space
Watercolor on Paper
9" x 12", 2016
Decomposition
Watercolor on Paper
9" x 12", 2017
After The Tsunami
Watercolor on Paper
9" x 12", 2016
Fade to White
Watercolor on Paper
9" x 12", 2016
Dissipation
Watercolor on Paper
9" x 12", 2015
At One
Watercolor on Paper
9" x 12", 2015
This series of watercolor paintings on paper attempts to disperse images into transparency, representing the cycle of nature that is transitory due to erosion and decomposition, natural disasters, climate warming, and motion. The choices of media, technique, and depictions expose a sense of loss, isolation, and solitude. Watercolor itself is a transparent paint, and its soft application and high-key tones suggests the state of flux seen in all living and non-living things. In some works, the use of dividing the picture plane into quadrants was another tool used to communicate shift and change and was achieved by manipulating photographs I took of various local landscapes and then layering them in Photoshop. From there, I painted the works by hand, while referring to the manipulated digital images. The Thoreau paintings were based on descriptions of landscapes in classic literature – and were painted sight unseen.
