The blue wash beneath was an investigation in a technique I wanted to use on these wood panels. I wasn’t happy with how it turned out, so I set it aside to revisit another day. Today (5/27/2018) I found a new line of marks that I have really enjoyed so far, and decided to take another shot at this surface.

I like the way the harder geometry of the warm sections sits atop the fluid, organic background.

I’ve been thinking about Barnett Newman’s “zips” a lot lately, and I think I will be incorporating this take on them into man more paintings in the near future.

It was important to me that the fill in the rigid areas not completely stop the motion of the piece, and I am happy with how the swirling brushstrokes allow that freedom to carry through, even within the grid.

Latex paint and ink on 8” x 8” wood panel.

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