Bloom Paintings, 2001 - 2022

Throughout my career, I have worked in series to explore how color, shape, material, and paint itself develop and change one’s experience of each piece, while consistently exploring specific forms I develop through drawing. In the Bloom paintings, I employ techniques used in post-painterly abstraction and Hard-Edge painting, an approach characterized by smooth surface planes and fullness of color. In a formal sense, these paintings are related to cubism with their interlocking planes and multiple viewpoints. Compositionally, I seek to create an optical undulation or flutter by comparing and contrasting hue, value, and tone.

I keep returning to this work, intrigued with how my experience and process changes over time.