Works on Paper      

I explore concepts such as self-organizing systems in this series of kinetic paintings, most of which are double-sided paintings on translucent synthetic paper. I am increasingly fascinated with how paint moves and self-organizes. My impulse is to let it free, by using gravity and force to release the pent up energy within the linear beads of pulled paint (marks left from pulling my carved tools through wet paint) into unexpected blasts & bursts of color and form. Wet, painted stripes surge and break into an organized chaos of marks and pigment. I’m guiding the paint, but the work exists between chance and intent. It’s important to let these paintings take on their own seemingly random direction and find the right balance of discipline and unruliness.