The main components of my recent subject matter in the Interspace Series are folded, curved, and cut-out pieces of paper, selected fragments from my photographs of various objects, and hand painted and printed papers. As a painter and collage artist, my Interspace Series explores the translation of three dimensional paper shapes into two dimensional color designs, in a further exploration of the relativity of color, figure/ground and negative space. These studies for my large scale oil paintings are focused on space, shapes, shadow and light. Shadows are usually considered as negative space, but in my studies, they become distinctive shapes that I balance with the paper shapes, considering the two kinds of shapes on an equal basis.

For many years I have been absorbed in the process of creating the illusion of transparency in my paintings. I mix separate notes of color to approximate light as it is reflected or refracted on various planes observed in nature and man-made objects. This process continued in 2018 with the Artifact Color Series and from 2019 to 2022, the Interlusion Series. My central concern in the Artifact Color Series, begun in 2018, is the concept of phenomenal transparency; I employ opaque mixtures to achieve the illusion of transparency in the medium of oil paint. These are inspired by Josef Albers’ Homage to the Square Series and are collages created with painted woodblock papers. They are the oil paint mixtures from current paintings, influenced by the seasons and local weather.