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Conceptually, cycles of application and erasure give each painting a genealogy, a sense of events unfolding through alternating phases of conflict and coordination. On a formal level each painting is made up of layers of grids, and/or complex groups of lines in oil paint. The surfaces are worked heavily with numerous strata. Early phases of a painting can be entirely obscured by subsequent working.
Both the process and the end product, action and paint, involve paradoxical characteristics. Often there are two major movements that interfere with each other. A circular pattern may roil above a crosshatched grid or an undulating color field. Flattening these together accentuates the power of each layer and creates an amalgam that can provide the impetus for the next level. |
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