I am very excited about these two—-they are finished in time to include in Shain Gallery’s show for me at the end of the month.
Image 1 — Savage Trees — White
Flat red-and-white bands as a color-field backdrop for the trunk screen
Near-black foreground trunk anchors the piece
Cool mint/blue reflection breaks up the warm palette
Image 2 — Wabi—Sabi Watershed
Warm, late-day glow through birch trunks
Turquoise pooling in the stream echoes the cool-note device from Image 1
Loose, varied brushwork in the central trunks and understory
Image 3 — Stream Waterfall
Stacked block forms read like river rock or ice catching low light
Loose black and coral drip work is the most alive passage
Small yellow sliver at top pulls the eye up out of the rock cluster
Early-to-mid stage: structure's there, edges and one more color event still to resolve
Image 4 — Yellow marsh with tree reflections
Strong value anchor: near-black tree clusters against gold field
Hard-edged reflection broken by a soft coral-pink passage
Purple accent in the upper cluster keeps the palette from reading too literal
Quiet, open foreground water as a deliberate rest area
54 x 54 inches. Wabi Sabi Watershed
54 x45 inches. Savage White Tree
I mananged another coat on these two pieces too.