The gallery's flagship digital painting. It's still
difficult for me to remember the exact details of
whether this painting began as a potential answer to a
boring moment in time or not, but I do recall
haphazardly drawing a standing oval against a blank
digital canvas somewhere in the early portion of a
January evening. After tinkering with the
superimposition of another roundel atop the said oval,
something clicked inside and the work became an entity.
Olive With Pimiento is largely about perspective more
than any other commodity. The specific placement of
the pimiento was crucial to the perspective from which
the olive could be viewed. As such, various pimientos and
perspectives were experimented with before completing
the work.
Our House requires a slightly closer examination than
the eye initially allows for. What seems to be a most
pleasant sunny day scenario at home upon further
inspection gives way to an awkward illustration of how
things are not always as they may appear to be. The
house, which contains a segmented roof, demonstrates
that a broken home may require deeper insight beyond
the surface to be recognized. Furthermore, either the
windows are abnormally large or the door is abnormally
small, both of which would make daily life in the house
somewhat difficult. This is the same type of innate
psychological methodology frequently applied by
children unbeknownst to them in their own artwork when
at crucial turning points in their early years.
This piece is about the perfection of form inherent in
the natural world. While a field and a stream are both
about as natural as natural is, when the ideas are
communicated through a man-made medium we begin to see
the imperfections in their newfound form of expression.
Such a seemingly perfect and graceful curve, yet note
the pixilated matter flowing along the bank of the
stream where the water meets the land. This piece is
also largely about contrast, both between colors (blue
and green) as well as concepts (field and stream).
This piece represents the epitomy of quiet innocence and the beauty of the
still. Inspired by the snow-covered overcast morning outside the window on
that given day, Winter was quickly actualized on the digital canvas and to
this day continues to be one of the most sentiment-evoking and effective
pieces I've completed to date for myself personally. Pointillism was applied in
this work to create the falling snow effect.
This piece captures the soothing hypnotic intrigue of the lava lamp, which
has become a modern day fixture in so many domiciles. Colors were carefully
chosen to create a casual laid-back environment in which to view the lamp,
free of alarming tones or unsettling hues. Lava Lamp freezes one moment
in time in this unique device's morphing routine.
This piece was constructed upon the foundations of superimposition. More
than anything else, the goal of this digital painting was to establish mood,
and not just any mood but one of comfort and tranquility, serenity and
possibility. The geometry of circular form needed to be very carefully
manipulated to create clouds with just the right shapes and just the right
degree of fluffiness. A soft periwinkle was chosen for the cloud backdrop
as I found it a more soothing alternative than a royal or sky blue.
Familiar to those such as myself who have adored crayons as a child,
periwinkle is a shade which can often lend itself to weaving the fabric of
daydreams.
This piece was inspired by one of the most powerfully affecting sources in
an individual's life, school. The chalkboard is a symbol which is deeply
embedded in all of us, digitally recalled in Learning through the
application of basic arithmetic.
