From Bellini to Mattise, a belief in the poetic and transcendent power of color marks the legacies of many of art history's most enduring painters. According to Wassily Kandinsky, “color is the keyboard”; a means of exercising influence upon the soul. It is the artist’s hand through which the keys cause the human soul “to vibrate.” To convene with nature’s sublime is to experience the kind of awe and reverence that transcends language and rational thought. Liberated from subject matter, these austere, yet gentle, colour intervals—bands of sensuous, mostly Prussian blue and Terra Verde, applied layer upon layer—attempt to appeal to the deepest spiritual levels, express the sublime grandeur of the Pacific Northwest, and engage with traditions of late 20th century abstraction, exploring flatness, interval, edge, and color (specifically, the subtle lusciousness of what may be referred to as “French Color”).
"Sea I" | Acrylic on canvas | 16 x 12 3/4 in.
"Sea II"| Acrylic on canvas | 16 x 12 3/4 in.
"Moss Garden" | Acrylic on canvas | 16 x 12 in.
"The Other Side" | Acrylic on canvas | 16 x 12 3/4 in.
"Prussian Night" | Acrylic on canvas | 14 x 18 in.
"Kokeniwa" | Acrylic on canvas | 16 x 20 in.
