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I have been working and reworking these landscapes throughout this year. Now that I am beginning to see some closure; I will be adding images soon.

Return of the Figure

I have returned to painting the figure after 13 years. I have found my paintings lacking the specific and the concrete as a subject matter and am delighted to be working from the live model.

The landscapes also have been moving in a more structured direction because of this move toward the specific. The sketches I make are focusing a particular place and time with the will to feel the form in a more tactile way. This has changed my working method to use paint in a thicker more palpable substance, lending to a more direct experience.

There are many thoughts that cross my mind while painting. Lately, I find myself less inclined to present these and consequentially rebut others peoples doubts. I find that the act of painting to crystallize these thoughts in a language which no longer needs justification.
Of course, this does not mean that I will not have plenty of thoughts to share in the near future.

" he was also oppressed by the realization that no artistic communication is more than a fraction of what the artist intends"

Charles Child Walcutt referring to Herman Melville in the introduction to Moby-Dick

Picture Plane

I am trying to push everything more towards the front of the picture plane, while still maintaining some kind of depth. This hopefully offers a glimpse of the sensation of a particular space rather than merely an image of it.
When I look at the paintings of Mondrian, I get a clear part of something much larger.

Small Paintings

Working on small paintings along with the larger ones simultaneously, gives me the chance to change the entire composition quickly. Taking some of those experiences back will have an effect I never could have anticipated.

On the Easel

Here's one of many sketches I make while on walks in my area. I use these as springboards for the paintings. The paintings are always of a particular place and time and begin from what's close at hand.
On the easel are 2 small paintings in progress working from that same sketch.

Last Paintings for 2009