Musings
Writings from my first public reading at Art on Main on September 8th . . .
YELLOW
Color has an especially resonant quality for me. I respond to colors on a visceral level.
Yellow, for instance, is a color that has figured prominently in my work for over 15 years.
I don't consciously choose the tube of Hansa Medium when I'm painting.
I let my instinct take over when I'm creating. I trust my instincts.
It's hard not to be drawn to yellow . . . as we are drawn to the Sun.
Depending on its tone yellow can be showy or calming. Energizing or serene.
I like it for both of those features.
In my work yellow holds all my thoughts together.
It cradles my observations in a melted butter - nightlight - golden iconographic sort of way.
It's my legal pad of litanies.
It's the hope in my tunnel of fear.
The light that guides all my curiosities.
It's the chalice of honey I get to swim in when there is no other sweetness to be found.
Color has an especially resonant quality for me. I respond to colors on a visceral level.
Yellow, for instance, is a color that has figured prominently in my work for over 15 years.
I don't consciously choose the tube of Hansa Medium when I'm painting.
I let my instinct take over when I'm creating. I trust my instincts.
It's hard not to be drawn to yellow . . . as we are drawn to the Sun.
Depending on its tone yellow can be showy or calming. Energizing or serene.
I like it for both of those features.
In my work yellow holds all my thoughts together.
It cradles my observations in a melted butter - nightlight - golden iconographic sort of way.
It's my legal pad of litanies.
It's the hope in my tunnel of fear.
The light that guides all my curiosities.
It's the chalice of honey I get to swim in when there is no other sweetness to be found.
