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12×16 inches
oil, alkyd, cold wax, Arches oil paper, birch block
Resisting fixed form allows the image to oscillate between presence and dissolution. Dense black passages anchor the composition, while fractured whites and dry-brushed interruptions introduce moments of rupture and light. The verticality of the mark-making creates a sense of downward pull, as if the image is being drawn through or submerged within its own material.
Rather than depicting a subject, Water Spirit operates as an atmospheric event—an encounter with movement, depth, and the instability of perception. The work foregrounds the physical behavior of paint as both structure and force, where emergence is always provisional and contingent.
12×16 inches
oil, alkyd, cold wax, Arches oil paper, birch block
Resisting fixed form allows the image to oscillate between presence and dissolution. Dense black passages anchor the composition, while fractured whites and dry-brushed interruptions introduce moments of rupture and light. The verticality of the mark-making creates a sense of downward pull, as if the image is being drawn through or submerged within its own material.
Rather than depicting a subject, Water Spirit operates as an atmospheric event—an encounter with movement, depth, and the instability of perception. The work foregrounds the physical behavior of paint as both structure and force, where emergence is always provisional and contingent.