Gallery Waterstone Gallery; Portland Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery; Beppu Gallery, Pacific City; River Gallery; Silvercreek GalleryBorn
December 12, 1952, Lynwood, California Medium
Watercolor, colored pencil www.waterstonegallery.com Technique
These watercolors and mixed media pieces begin with drifts of color on wet paper, sometimes over arbitrarily-applied resist. As they dry, textural effects are achieved through various watercolor techniques. The second phase involves developing images suggested by the dry pigment. I accentuate existing shapes, introduce new shapes and colors, paint texture lines and shapes with pigment or straight water, or sponge out shapes with cutout acetate templates. The work becomes a rhythm of adding and subtracting, sometimes including rice paper, gouache and colored pencil. Glimpses of earlier stages are deliberately left in the final work. Interests
I'd have to say that a dominant influence on my work is the fact that I have two teenaged sons. This limits the amount of time that I spend working, but also infuses my work with some of the attendant chaos parenting can bring. It is a wonderful, tiring experience--one always feels a little off-kilter. An outgrowth of this is a strong desire to bring a little order to the chaos. And so I end up with work that incorporates both spontaneity and control. Favorite Place
Neskowin Collections
Intel, Salem Public Library, over 150 private collections Other information
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