From October through December 2021 I started 30+ acrylic paintings on canvas. The first dozen, two 30 x 40" canvases plus ten 6 and 8" squares, were test paintings. One of those became the inspiration for a series of about twenty new works, still in the under-painting phase. The canvas pictured here has the color palette and kinds of gestural marks that typify the pieces. I am thinking of my olive skin tone, the blood that runs through my veins and pumps through my heart...and the fact that no matter ones skin color, all of our blood and organs are all basically the same reds, yellows and blues. I am realizing all of this in the context of abstract paintings. Do you see it?
