Wingspan I, ink and acrylic on Claybord, 40"x80", 2016 — *Wingspan I*, ink and acrylic on Claybord, 40"x80", 2016

I'm pleased to announce the opening of my solo show at FW Gallery in Baton Rouge, La. The show will feature a selection of work completed over the course of 2016. I encourage everyone to come by the opening on Friday, April 7 from 6pm - 8pm. Everyone is welcome. If you can't make it to the opening, the show will continue through May 20, 2017.

Gallery Hours:
Tues - Friday: 10am - 5pm
Saturday: 10am - 3pm

For friends and family out of town, I created an online gallery for you below. My photography of the work is not quite the same experience as seeing it in person. The colors, details and textures don't come across as well as I'd like in my photos, so please come on by if you can. I am looking forward to seeing you!

I've been working on this small series of experimental works over the past several months. Each of the five paintings has a unique painting ground and brand/style of paint ranging from watercolor to inks to fluid acrylics. My goal was to create the same or similar paintings using the same pigment colors across different paint product lines and surfaces, in order to get this kind of light and glow I was looking for. At some point, I forgot which medium I was using in each painting or ran out of a color, etc so my goal shifted into just making each painting work independently and as a group since I created them simultaneously.

I looked to both Rothko after a recent trip to the Rothko Chapel and to Georgia O'Keefe after reading an excellent biography of her life. Both artists, albeit very different, were masters of light. The last piece in the series, Slow Burn, I finished in the dark after Caravaggio, another master of light who painted by candlelight in order to get a chiaroscuro effect. This warm color palette originated from some amazing photographs of Antelope Canyon, a place I think I really need to visit soon.

Thanks for taking time to see what's new, I hope you enjoy this series.

A preview of the whole Hourglass series together. The light changes throughout different times of day which gives them a magical power. This is at about 11AM just after I finished up the varnishes and hanging hardware.