8:56 AM: it’s instructive to take a comparative look at my process of simplifying and abstracting. in 2018-19 i was working on a series of oils titled motion, which evolved into a post-motion series. BELOW LEFT is one of those later motion paintings: dp creek II, 42 x 66” oil, crayon & oil stick on linen, 2019, private collection, basalt, co. and next to it on the RIGHT is watercolor 50, painted yesterday.
in dp creek II, while the forms indicating water, rocks and branches are simplified and abstracted, they lean towards being descriptive. in watercolor 50, all three of those elments are many steps removed. they constitute a delicate balance of colors and forms in space and, paradoxically, more powerfully allow the quiet majesty of the creek to sing.
