This semester my work will take one of three directions.

Pathway One –

           

            A series of medium sized paintings that react to collections of ordinary objects arranged according to interrelationships. They will have an underlying mathematical structure like the work of Richard Ryan. The application of paint will be direct with an emphasis on contrast of brushstrokes and color similar to the style of Claire Sherman.

 

Thanks to Micheal I was just turned onto the work of still life painter James Aponovich. I think his paintings resonate with my first two proposals. 

Pathway Two-

            One or more large paintings that contain still life arrangements among figurative, abstract, and landscape elements; thus altering the context of the still life to suggest dreamscape. I will look at the work of Georgia O’Keeffe and Rockwell Kent.

Pathway Three-

            A series of small paintings that show single objects close up to depict an object in a way that is both literal and abstract. I will look at the flower paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe. I will use the old master style of oil paintings in which glazes are applied to a black and white underpainting, or grisaille, like in the work of Dennis Wojtkiewicz.