My plein air study of Colorado mesas and plains in 2020-21 was a period of reflection on color, light, and and the nature of abstraction. These works play with volumes and voids, taking risks within color contrasts and a limited color palette.
I enjoyed investigating the natural harmonies of interacting shapes, and compositional volumes and voids. More importantly, I look for how the landscape felt, where the earth’s energy rises up from the land and meets a ready and expansive sky.
Orange Roof, ink on paper, 18” x 24”, 2020
Blue Barn 2, oil on paper, 30” x 20”, 2020
Orange Barn, oil on linen, 30” x 48”, 2020
Lollipop Tree, oil on canvas, 36 x 28” 2020
Blue Barn, oil on paper, 30” x 20”, 2020
Walking Tree, oil on canvas, 30 x 40”, 2020
Lean In, oil on canvas, 40 x 30”, 2020
Crack The Sky, oil on canvas, 28 x 36”, 2020
Pink Road, oil on paper, 18 x 30”, 2020
Triplet, oil on paper, 14 x 24”, 2020