New work!
Since June, 2017, I have completed four new pieces. Three, not on my website, are being submitted for adjudication in the
Sidney Fine Arts Show 2017 (two Westcoast and one International subject). The below piece is entitled, "After Summer Showers - Rhododendron"
Since June, 2017, I have completed four new pieces. Three, not on my website, are being submitted for adjudication in the
Sidney Fine Arts Show 2017 (two Westcoast and one International subject). The below piece is entitled, "After Summer Showers - Rhododendron"
"After Summer Showers - Rhododendron"
17" x 25"
$1170 (unframed)
17" x 25"
$1170 (unframed)
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
After years of expressing other people's ideas through murals, I was eager to create artwork that was uniquely my own - this culminated in painting batiks. Manipulation and fusion of wax, water and dye on fabric pushes me outside my comfort zone of crisp reality, restraining the complete control that I'm so accustomed to. Having worked with the medium for over 6 years, I still feel like I'm dancing with the devil as my dye-laden brush lingers above the wet cotton. Unlike any other medium I've worked with, painting a batik requires continuous forethought and focus throughout the creation - my mind can't wander. The fluid technique of batik allows me to create uniquely organic paintings particularly suited to the interplay of light and shadow, smooth gradations of colour and reflections on water. Batik has become an endless creative challenge for me and I love to test myself to see how far I can take it.
After years of expressing other people's ideas through murals, I was eager to create artwork that was uniquely my own - this culminated in painting batiks. Manipulation and fusion of wax, water and dye on fabric pushes me outside my comfort zone of crisp reality, restraining the complete control that I'm so accustomed to. Having worked with the medium for over 6 years, I still feel like I'm dancing with the devil as my dye-laden brush lingers above the wet cotton. Unlike any other medium I've worked with, painting a batik requires continuous forethought and focus throughout the creation - my mind can't wander. The fluid technique of batik allows me to create uniquely organic paintings particularly suited to the interplay of light and shadow, smooth gradations of colour and reflections on water. Batik has become an endless creative challenge for me and I love to test myself to see how far I can take it.
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