My first and lasting love is art, but my formal training was in mathematics. Each watercolor piece is a solution to a visual problem or puzzle, where the image is broken into small gridded segments that can be painted spontaneously, sometimes abstractly. The pictures are from my own “bad” photos of daily walks and travels, which give freedom to go beyond the original picture.
The grid edges create a tension, an opportunity to focus, a guide to looking and seeing, a way to work within yet transcend boundaries, the chance to make rules and break rules. Often before all squares are filled, the big picture solution “clicks” into place and new patterns emerge.
The finished work is not photo-realism, but is clearly a part of nature. The entire painting is different from each of its parts, yet each part retains its own character and unique relationship to its neighbors and the whole.
The grid edges create a tension, an opportunity to focus, a guide to looking and seeing, a way to work within yet transcend boundaries, the chance to make rules and break rules. Often before all squares are filled, the big picture solution “clicks” into place and new patterns emerge.
The finished work is not photo-realism, but is clearly a part of nature. The entire painting is different from each of its parts, yet each part retains its own character and unique relationship to its neighbors and the whole.
