Ocean of Sage
22" x 28"
Acrylic on canvas
(All sizes are approximate and exclude frame, where applicable.)
Artist's Statement
I would like to contribute, even in a minute way, to anyone’s joy in life. Whether it’s through something intriguing, amusing, amazing, whatever. The arts do that for me, I’d like to share.
Always saw myself as a painter. Always wondered why everyone seemed to mourn when I expressed that as a child.
New ideas are lifeblood to an artist! I believe that there’s “nothing new under the sun,” but still, the way a color tone, or music chord is juxtaposed to the next, or a fresh rhythm can be just like the big bang in your head. I typically get a little freaky until I can sketch, draw or record that idea in order to keep it in my head. It is always a good thing to carry a sketch book or a pad of some kind, but a lot of my work winds up coming from napkin scribbles.
My “Route 66” series is about childhood, the dream of heading west on that old highway, seeing California for the first time, love of the road. The colors are impossibly bright, the moon and stars animated. I have a song, “Texas Under Your Wheels” that is very much in tune with the “Route 66” painting series. A little cartoony, a little swing-jazzy, and meant to be enjoyable in spite of the slightly sad nostalgic element.