Initially the water paintings focused on
creating highly energetic and emotive images
with rich surfaces. In this series, I rarely use a brush to apply the paint.
Instead, these
works are action paintings of wet-on-wet or wet-on-semi-dry acrylic or oil
compositions.
With each layer applied to the canvas,
I manipulate the materials
and the
canvas to get the paint to flow as if it were water.
With the current economic upheaval, my water paintings have recently begun to
hold references to the stock market as I see it as parallel universal
continuum to our oceans.
The Dow and Elliot wave theories
liken market movements to an ocean, with a general tide made up of patterned
waves and ripples.
Many of my water paintings were completed in the summer of 2007 and
reflect the uncertain time prior to the recent market crash.
My painting, Double Bottom depicts a common configuration from these stock
market charts.
This is the first in a series that is based on common
chart patterns such as double tops, double bottoms, and head and shoulders.
I am currently exploring water paintings based on the Dow
and Elliot Wave Theories as well as other indexes from around the world.
To see more of the Water Series, see the
Show at Balcony
Gallery where I
was the former gallery owner. |
