Lumenis, an exhibition of new paintings, will open at Winfield Gallery in Carmel, CA, on April 13, 2013. This series continues to explore my fascination and ongoing interest in the areas where art and music intersect and overlap: gesture, line, color space, pattern, etc. This series incorporates encaustic monoytpes (pigmented beeswax printed on Japanese papers) which are then collaged on panels and glazed with many layers of acrylic, then covered with cold wax. During graduate school as a music student, I was strongly influenced by the compositional principles of John Cage. Much of my collage work involves the process of indeterminancy, a process Cage created and worked with for much of his musical and artistic life. Decisions about mark-making involve parameters that are fixed or limited such as color, line, and shape. While I no longer perform music actively, the elements of music are deeply embedded in me, appearing in my paintings as visual compositions.
Lumenis 9, encaustic monotype and acrylic glazes on panel, 39×54
Lumenis 18, encaustic monotype and acrylic glazes on panel, 16×40
Lumenis 15, encaustic monotype and acrylic glazes on panel, 36×20
Lumenis 8, encaustic monotype and acrylic glazes on panel, 48×39
Lumenis 13, encaustic monotype and acrylic glazes on panel, 43×22
Lumenis 12, encaustic monotype on panel, 36×36
Lumenis 10, encaustic monotype and acrylic glazes on panel, 39×54
Lumenis 16, encaustic monotype and acrylic glazes on panel, 24×16
Lumenis 14, encaustic monotype and acrylic glazes on panel, 22×39
Lumenis 19, encaustic monotype and acrylic glazes on panel, 18×24
Lumenis 7, encaustic monotype and acrylic glazes on panel, 32×52
Lumenis 20, encaustic monotype and acrylic glazes on panel, 16×20
Lumenis 21, encaustic monotype and acrylic glazes on panel, 46×48
Lumenis 17, encaustic monotype and acrylic glazes on panel, 24×16