I continue my observational investigation into color and light. It’s a fascination that I explore through the still life genre. My “still life” paintings arise out from visual disarrangement, commotion and confusion. I impose order and compose a state. 

My subject matter can be quirky. My color choices are unrelenting. My depiction borders on believable realism and pop art. I arrange my compositions for movement, in that, often there is not any one focal point. Your eye will travel through its own wandering path as different aspects call to you.

I position each element of the painting, including the background, the surface textures and the negative spaces, as a claim on your attention. Nothing is meant to recede into neutrality. Objects are legible but not privileged. (They are, after all, humble objects that serve.)

Most importantly while I attend to the objects’ composition and rendering, I leave space in the painting for your own narrative and personal reflections during your moment with the painting.