DAGGER

PENETRATING LAYERS OF COLOR REVEAL THE IDENTITY WITHIN

 

The series Dagger explores the connection between control and freedom, using a repeated abstract shape, texture, and almost impenetrable color. This series of mixed media on hollow core doors is generously layered with muted colors against monochrome. Using unconventional pairings of paint, typographical elements, images, and text, the paintings evolve from an extensive organic process involving intuition, found objects, and construction tools. Further texture is added with ground highway glass, embedded in the painting’s surface. Emerging from the background, the presence of a dagger seems to glow with emotive intensity. The result is a transformative experience with half-hidden forms and layers of color. Each piece is continuously worn away and deconstructed, and then “reworked” and built up until the piece strikes the right balance between process and product. Remnants from each layer bleed into one another, creating a wilderness of half-seen images that emerge from the background with foreboding tension.