A series of artwork based on the theme of abstraction. A thorough study of abstraction in the forms of paintings and sculptural work.

Date: 2016—17

Work: Painting, Poetry

A thin line between Love and Hate

Acrylic and metallic paint on canvas
44x44 in each
2017

Spontaneous Action

Acrylic and resin on canvas
12x12 in each
2017

Window & Wall

Acrylic on canvas
12x12 in each
2017

7PM & 1PM (“Beauty” Painting)

Series: Beauty and Ugly Paintings
Acrylic on canvas
18x24 in each
2017

Based on five principles of Matthew Collings's criteria for “Beauty”: Nature, Simplicity, Unity, Selection, and Spontaneity.

Hot Dog (“Ugly” Painting)

Series: Beauty and Ugly Paintings
Sausage, condom, and candle wax
8x8x8 in
2017

Based on three principles of art that I consider “Ugly”: Kitsch, Offensive, and Incomprehensible.

Stairwell

Acrylic on canvas
11x14 in
2017

Into the void of nothingness

Polaroid and panels
11x14 in
2017

Human Desire: Order

Wood and acrylic
38x38x6 in
2017

Series: ‘Blackbird’

A visual response to a poem, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, written by Wallace Stevens.

Three

Acrylic and gesso on canvas
38x38 in
2016

Whirling Autumn Winds

Acrylic and gesso on canvas
38x38 in
2016

Man, Woman, and Blackbird

Acrylic and gesso on canvas
38x38 in
2016