Umbra – Penumbra Series

Working photographically for many years, I continue to explore and record my surroundings and environs today, mostly with an iPhone. In the past, I would re-interpret my photographs through mixed media works and installations. Currently, I am translating light, shadow, and movement, properties so basic to photography, through oils on canvas. My daily photographs serve as a starting point for the Umbra – Penumbra series, (the darkest area of a shadow - the shadow area that shifts into light). The meaning from one visual language (the source medium) to another visual language is changed by the action of painting. The viewer adds the third aspect of the visual communication process, interpretation.

We Are But Dust and Shadows
Oil on canvas 48" X 48"
2019
Christmas Night in a Small Town
Oil on canvas 48" X 48"
2019
Traversing Paths
Oil on canvas, 48" X 36"
2017

Disruptive Surrender

Abstraction allows for a broader interpretation of an artwork's context. Disruptive Surrender is a reaction to being diagnosed with cancer and subsequent chemotherapy. Along with surfacing: 62+4, an earlier photographic interpretation of my experience, Disruptive Surrender is an off-kilter world that swirls with unknowns, while it simultaneously marks the tests and procedures that become routine.These artworks are a continuous process seeking a physical and mental equilibrium. They may create an entirely different reaction in the viewer, which is equally valid.
Oil on paper, charcoal, gesso, graphite, water soluble crayon, RF paint stick
40" x 53"
2019

Serotinous Dispersal

Some plants are serotinous and only disperse their seeds in response to an environmental stimulus. Carried on the wind, picked up by flowing water and absorbed into the earth, the journey sustains life.
 No. 1 - 6
Oil on paper, charcoal, graphite, water soluble crayon, RF paint stick  11.75 " X 11.75" _ each
2020

Pollinator's Expedition

The Pollinator's Expedition series interprets the challenges to the honey bee, the tiny creatures who are vital to our human existence. The tiny bee is essential to plant growth and by extension, the fruits, vegetables and nuts that fill our plates. "The honey bee population is decreasing due to disease, climate change and pesticides. Honey bees are essential for the pollination of flowers, fruits and vegetables, and support about $20 billion worth of crop production in the U.S. annually," according to Matthew Mulica, senior project manager at the Keystone Policy Center, a consulting company that works with the Honey Bee Health Coalition.
 No. 1 - 4
Oil on paper, charcoal, graphite, water soluble crayon, RF paint stick  25.25" X 17.25" _ each
2019

Tempo Markings

Oil on paper, charcoal, graphite, water soluble crayon, RF paint stick  9.75" X 19" _ each
2019

Piscean Fossil

Oil on paper, charcoal, graphite, water soluble crayon, RF paint stick  10" X 14.5" _ each
2019
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