Black iron on prepared birch panel, sealed with archival varnish.
Dimensions: 30" x 60"
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This large painting has beautiful soft layers of washes and textures.
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My paintings and ceramics are based in geology and fragmented landscapes while exploring the inherent properties of the materials to connect and react to them in an emotional and natural way. The powdered black iron oxide used in my black ceramic glaze is also used to create my paintings. I mix the iron with water in a variety of dilutions from mostly water to an almost paste-like quality. I paint by pouring the iron onto wood panel that has been primed, sanded and prepped with absorbent ground.
During the process, I am responding to the shapes, horizon lines, and sedimentary lines that naturally form, much like fractals, branches of a tree, or a root structure. The painting must stay wet while I work in layers and is sprayed with varnish before an isolation coat of acrylic medium is applied. They are finished with a matte UV protectant varnish.
