Umbra – Penumbra Series

Working photographically for many years, I continue to explore and record my surroundings and environs today, mainly with an iPhone. I would re-interpret my photographs in the past through mixed media works and installations. Turning to more traditional processes, I translate 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 changes through the action of painting. The viewer adds the third aspect of the visual communication process, interpretation.

Summer's Night in the Midwest _ Oil on canvas _ 48" X 48" _ 2020

We Are But Dust and Shadows _ Oil on canvas _ 48" X 48" _ 2020

Christmas Night in a Small Town _ Oil on canvas _ 48" X 48" _ 2019

Traversing Paths _ Oil on canvas _ 48" X 36" 2017

Interrupted Journey

Life is a journey with periods of flow punctuated with jolts and disturbances. Elements of chaos continually swirl beneath the surface. In chaos theory, a minimal change can make any organization behave very differently – impacted by underlying patterns, repetition, and interconnectedness. The Interrupted Journey series utilizes elements found in each work, recombining, sometimes enlarging, and sometimes contracting while impacting the visual interpretation.

Adaptation
Watercolor, gesso, pastel 30" X 22"
2019

Variation no. 1
Oil and cold-wax medium 18" X 18"
2019

Venturing Further
Watercolor, gesso, charcoal, water soluble charcoal 
28" X 21.5"
2019

Variation no.2
Oil and cold-wax medium 18" X 18"
2019