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Bask Acrylic on Canvas 48x24 (in) 2021 $1,200 This piece is from my “Flocean” series. The entire body of work is inspired by my deep love and gratitude for the ocean, as well as my passion for promoting mindfulness and mental well-being through color. The process I discovered and the resulting pieces celebrate the massive healing power of the ocean and the color blue. Spending time near the water is an incredible catalyst to achieve a state of flow, in which clear-minded decisions, creativity, and inner peace are all achievable. Each piece is an invitation to allow the flowy, oceanic pattern - “Flocean” - to ease your mind, heal your soul, and, ultimately, achieve clarity. |
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Sea Skies
Acrylic on Canvas 24x18 (in) 2021 $525 This is the first piece created for my upcoming series “Antichromaphobia”. David Batchelor was the first to use the term “chromaphobia to describe the phenomenon of avoiding bright, vibrant color for fear of its association with being childish, superfluous, or unsophisticated. Over time, western culture has developed a noticeable case chromaphobia - when’s the last time you’ve seen someone remodel their kitchen or bathroom and not opted for white as the central color? However, there is a tremendous amount of research that shows how the science of color combined with human evolution makes color a veritable source of very real joy, albeit ephemeral. Color is energy (yellow), proof of life (blue) and nutrients (green), and more. Color became associated with pleasure by early humans’ experience of things like red berries, blue waters, and green vegetation, and today that same pleasure is tapped into by modern day experiences with things like sprinkles, neon, candy, hot air balloons.. I dare you not to smile looking at any of those! So why, if bright color alone is enough to tickle the pleasure center of our brains, don’t we include more of it in our living spaces? Why deprive ourselves of the sensory stimulation when our senses are what drive our most memorable life experiences? My new series aims to fearlessly combine bright vivid color with the calming compositions of previous work. In this way, I hope “Antichromaphobia” can allow modern people to experience the true joy and stimulation of color while maintaining a desire for minimalistic sophistication. The series is my response to the beginning of the end of the pandemic, the global mental health crisis it has induced, and the realization that we all need a few more sources of guaranteed joy on a daily basis.. And why not let it be through art?” |
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World Peace Acrylic on Canvas 40x30 (in) 2021 $1,200 “I consider this a transition piece that occurred in February 2021. It combines my Tartan style of cross weaving stripes that I discovered through my Valentines Day series, and the colors I couldn’t stop thinking about which eventually lead to my Flocean series. As such, it doesn’t quite fit into any one series, but rather timestamps an interesting moment in my artistic and creative growth. I remember painting it at a very frustrating moment in the pandemic when vaccination timelines were obscure and constantly changing. The colors were inspired by a Rothko painting, and once I completed it I felt transported to a utopia of a healthy, happy planet, hence the title “world peace”. |
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Clarity Acrylic on Canvas 72X120 (in) 2021 $8,500 This piece is from my Flocean series. The entire body of work is inspired by my deep love and gratitude for the ocean, as well as my passion for promoting mindfulness and mental well-being through color. The process I discovered and the resulting pieces celebrate the massive healing power power of the ocean and the color blue. Spending time near the water is an incredible catalyst to achieve a state of flow, in which clear-minded decisions, creativity, and inner peace are all achievable. Each piece is an invitation to allow the flowy, oceanic pattern - “Flocean” - to ease your mind, heal your soul, and, ultimately, achieve clarity. |
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My work harnesses the power of color and light to promote mindfulness, joy, and mental well-being. I am inspired by emotions, memory, and nature: especially water. Sometimes, I paint while directly observing specific light conditions, photography, or objects. I take great joy in exploring color complexities that exist in seemingly simple things or fleeting moments. Other times, I create pieces intuitively in response to my mood, or the developing piece itself. I consider myself a colorist in constant study of color theory and relativity. Thus, in every piece, each layer of color is always governed by the previous layers. I do this until my eyes can dance freely across the entire piece. Once that happens, a color story, memory, or mood can emerge. I title my pieces after I meditate on the completed piece’s colors, listen to the story, and think about where I have heard or seen it before, if at all. This is why most of my work is titled after the person, place, feeling, or thing of which it most reminds me. My hope is that viewers feel welcome to do the same. Through this practice, I’ve found that my work exposes the truly personal nature of color as it relates to memory. I strive for smooth, crisp, harmonious layers of luxurious color because I hope to create a calming visual aid for meditation and intrinsic contemplation for viewers. To provide a moment of peace for others, as it does for me. This higher purpose of my work is dedicated to my mother, Ellie. In honor of her, a percentage of all sales are donated to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
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