Afterimage
This series of small paintings forfeits representation in favor of another form of content, derived and discovered through the act of painting itself. Lacking recognizable or agreed upon symbolism, the primary language of Afterimage is formal, based upon pattern, mark-making, color and tonal relationships, subtle shifts in surface, edge, texture and space.
Like all acts that involve problem solving, the iterative process is central to this inquiry. Pushing against self-imposed constraints, I actively court awkward and unresolved visual elements that create welcome tension within a painterly space.
