Waterbeads 2025-to NOW

Waterbeads is a series of works that are in contrast or in support of substrate. They may be construed loosely as far away objects, possibly lights in cell towers, buildings or much closer objects like flowers or tree bark knots. The stitching holds the matting and image together but is also a reference to the notion of acreage segregated by roads or county lines that maps have. When looking at the land from an airplane I have always thought farmland was a quilt this helps to honour that aesthetic. Over all my work is planned in terms of size, materials, method and scope of colour. The Abstract Expressionists reacted to their surface as it changed and in this respect this work is very much of that nature. There is always a loose plan and a colour theory behind the painting. The final outcome is led by the materials and my reaction to how the layers interact with each other. Once the masking has been removed and the painting is deemed “finished” then the beads are applied based on enhancing the story the paint has created. Most works are in a 9×9″ frames  and are priced between  $80-100 .