A piece of me from a different time in 2019. Before so much, after so much, a piece of my first big commitment to painting.
One hundred 16x20 canvases painted in sets of five. Some sponsored by people, some from my own pocket, but a drive forward into abstract painting, no matter what.
My rules, 5 colors, sponsor gets to chose some, but only five. Some early ones broke the rules before there were rules, but that's the way some art projects evolve, in the moment, once a flag has been planted.
To quote the book I wrote about the series:
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When I get to a certain point in the painting process, there’s never a specific ‘when,’ I step back. As I look at the work, still wet, I get these st...