He thought they needed more time to grow
He thought they needed more time to grow oil and waxes on wood, 16x20 available for purchase
comfort and dissolve that's how it's supposed to be oil and waxes on wood, 11x14 available for purchase
A frail moon but not shallow oil and waxes on wood, 12x16 available for purchase
called together they stood side by side oil and waxes on wood, 9x12 available for purchase
it just hung there in the room and we all ignored it
it just hung there in the room and we all ignored it oil and waxes on wood, 11x14 available for purchase
last for market and rain for now
last for market and rain for now oil and waxes on wood, 20x24 available for purchase
kindness for number twenty four
kindness for number twenty four oil and waxes on wood, 12x16 available for purchase
The constant and the quick oil and waxes on wood, 18x24 available for purchase
sorrow, you are too impatient oil and waxes on wood, 14x18 available for purchase
It will give but not give way oil and waxes on wood, 16x20 Sold
I couldn't see that far to the side, but I knew it was there oil and waxes on wood, 12x16 available for purchase
I could also do without your timing oil and waxes on wood, 18x24 available for purchase
grace for pressure, grief for time oil and waxes on wood, 12x18 available for purchase
After noon behind and quiet oil and waxes on wood, 18x24 available for purchase
a piece of the sunrise opened oil and waxes on wood, 11x14 available for purchase

 

A little bit about this body of work:

For the past year I have been captivated by the idea of strength.  Not the weight-lifting-bench-pressing strength exhibited by surly men in vitamin ads; but the common quiet strength that we look past every day. There is much in our daily lives that require not just action to do, but a measure of ourselves that is uncomfortable, that requires us to choose how to respond. We can face to these things with hopelessness, anger and frustration; or we can choose to face them with hope and strength.

I have found myself surrounded by people facing each day, no matter what the hardship is, with strength and joy and hope. Each one different and each beautiful. They overlap with one another, challenge one another, and uphold one another – most of the time without even knowing it.

One Thousand Strengths is about this in many ways. There are layers and forms supporting and balancing quietly from underneath. The paintings build on the wood, lines overlapping and interconnecting on different layers of wax so that they don’t actually touch, but they appear as if they do.  Every line is important, every color of value to the whole, sharing the weight of the image together.

These painting are my mapping of these thoughts and relationships. In them you will see the friends, families and perfect strangers that have overlapped, challenged, and upheld me in the past many months.