These paintings were done since the flood in September 2024.  They circle back on previous themes and processes, and incorporate my vocabulary of glyphs and forms into atmospheric spaces where they interact and connect with each other - or bounce off each other.  They have Conversations amid the chaos and try to make sense of it all.

For the past few years, I have been creating two separate but equal bodies of work: “Transformations” – atmospheric oil paintings on wood panel and “Tangled Mapping” – dynamic acrylic paintings on canvas, depicting map-like spaces and brain circuitry. Lately I have been working to integrate the two styles into one cohesive narrative space. 

The work continue a visual investigation, an ongoing inquiry into "the way things work", filtered through my eyes, mind and subconscious.

The Tangled Mapping paintings are complex but contemplative, chaotic but orderly, light and airy though layered. The images bring to mind aerial, city or transit maps. They can also be seen as tangled thoughts, the brain's mysterious circuitry, or the skeleton/internal forms of some forgotten species. The process is intuitive and thoughtful, combining a zen approach with a studied sense of composition and color. They can be calming or exciting, depending on the projection of the viewer.

This series continues familiar themes while introducing a new palette of blues, greens and golds suggestive of sky and water. Within these mysterious spaces, forms and turbulent marks approach and recede, leaving echoes in their wake. Animated organic forms - resembling flying or floating creatures or even drones - appear as beneficent visitors, at times suggesting Dei Ex Machina.

The work is a visual investigation, a continual inquiry into the way things work, filtered through my eyes, mind and subconscious. In all order, there is disorder.

The Tiny Universes series are acrylic and ink on Yupo (synthetic “paper” made of polypropylene). They depict small moments in time with playful organic forms and dynamic lines, often in conflict with each other, or having a conversation. Each painting hints at a narrative based on the interaction of energy, ideas, matter, memories and other elements.

For this series, I worked primarily in black, grey, neutrals and white. These paintings delve deep into the corners of my subconscious to expose The Dark.