2019 : Chromatic Explorations
Another Round of Rejection and Doubt
I was making work that felt like it had originality, and was reaching the depth of my being. I felt that others would connect to this work on a subconscious level and its soulful healing power would elevate them.
The paintings were as officially untamed as I was. There was a sense of unison as I interacted with a multitude of medias, no longer limited to acrylic. The surface layers represented simultaneously the seen and the unseen. I was feeling continually renewed as I flowed effortlessly between processes of building and destruction.
The substrate edges and surface were no longer contained and neither was I. I felt creatively invisible. The artwork was breaking through; it sang and shined my purest expression.
With renewed confidence, I began sharing the work through exhibition, emails and social media. To my chagrin, there was very little momentum in response to the work and once again my career flatlined. My artistic highs became very low lows.
Creating once was the modality for healing, but now, especially after too many art fairs, biennials and red dots for seemingly everyone but myself; it felt like the catalyst of the need for healing rather than my go to for transformation.
I too often felt disparity and was losing faith. My optimism waned and I wanted to smoother out the eternal calling to be an artist.
Chromatic Spectra 9.18.1
mixed media on birch wood panel 17 x 20.5 in.
Chromatic Spectra 9.18.1 - detail
mixed media on birch wood panel 17 x 20.5 in. (detail)
Chromatic Nascence 3.19.1
mixed media on birch wood panel 10 x 13 in.
Chromatic Nascence 3.19.1 - corner detail
mixed media on birch wood panel 10 x 13 in. (detail)
Chromatic Spectra 3.19.1
mixed media on birch wood panel 24.5 x 19.5 in.
Chromatic Spectra 3.19.1 - edge detail
mixed media on birch wood panel 24.5 x 19.5 in (detail)
Chromatic Spectra 3.19.1 - corner detail
mixed media on birch wood panel 24.5 x 19.5 in (detail)
Chromatic Spectra 3.19.2
mixed media on birch wood panel 22 x 24.5 in.
Chromatic Spectra 3.19.2 - detail
mixed media on birch wood panel 22 x 24.5 in (detail)
Chromatic Spectra 3.19.2 - edge detail
mixed media on birch wood panel 22 x 24.5 in. (detail)
Chromatic Spectra 3.19.3
mixed media on birch wood panel 18 x 24.5 in.
Chromatic Spectra 3.19.3 - detail
mixed media on birch wood panel 18 x 24.5 in. (detail)
Chromatic Spectra 3.19.3 - edge detail
mixed media on birch wood panel 18 x 24.5 in. (detail)

Chromatic Fractionalization
mixed media on birch wood panel 15 x 20 in.

Chromatic Fractionalization - circle detail
mixed media on birch wood panel 15 x 20 in. (detail)

Chromatic Fractionalization - corner detail.jpg
mixed media on birch wood panel 15 x 20 in. (detail)
Chromatic Spectra 9.19.1
mixed media on birch wood panel 15 x 21 in.
Chromatic Spectra 9.19.1 - side view
mixed media on birch wood panel 15 x 21 in.
Chromatic Neutrals with Blue Element
mixed media on birch wood panel 12.5 x 7 in.
Chromatic Neutrals with Blue Element - detail
mixed media on birch wood panel 12.5 x 7 in. (detail)
Chromatic Neutrals with Gold
mixed media on birch wood panel 13 x 6 in.
Chromatic Neutrals with Gold - corner detail
mixed media on birch wood panel 13 x 6 in. (detail)
Chromatic Sequence 4.19.1
mixed media on birch wood panel 21 x 16 in.
Chromatic Sequence 4.19.1 - edge detail
mixed media on birch wood panel 21 x 16 in. (detail)
Seasons of Feral Fertility
mixed media on birch panel 21 x 25 in.
Seasons of Feral Fertility - detail
mixed media on birch panel 21 x 25 in. (detail)
Multi-modular 4.19.1
mixed media on birch panel 20 x 24 in.
Multi-modular 4.19.1 - detail
mixed media on birch panel 20 x 24 in. (detail)
Multi-modular 4.19.2
mixed media on birch panel 20 x 24 in.
Multi-modular 4.19.2 - detail
mixed media on birch panel 20 x 24 in. (detail)
Multi-modular 4.19.3
mixed media on birch panel 20 x 24 in.
Multi-modular 4.19.3 - detail
mixed media on birch panel 20 x 24 in. (detail)
Multi-modular 4.19.4
mixed media on birch panel 20 x 24 in.
Multi-modular 4.19.4 - detail
mixed media on birch panel 20 x 24 in. (detail)