Studies in Gray
Still life with two clay vessels, 2025–7, oil on linen, 30 x 28 inches
Gray is the value of silence, of stillness, of neutrality. Gray is the calm interlude amid opposites.
Still life with ginger jar with milkweed pod, 2025–3, oil on linen, 30 x 28 inches
Black jug, 2025–8, oil on linen, 30 x 28 inches
In this series of paintings, the visual of gravity is as important as emptiness, a counterbalance simply suggested, where light and shadow converse, blending the line between background and foreground while enveloping the subjects and their place on an implied surface. Negative space dominates physical forms in these compositions where the rendering of them is disproportionally, but equally, balanced.
Still life with clay vessel with apple branches, 2025–2, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches
“In this body of developing work, I link ideas by approaching process and technique to explore a particular focus. I am interested in rendering objects with clarity while contrasting them with a suggested representation of space they inhabit, the gray between realism and perception.”
Still life with clay vessel with apple branches, 2025–1, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches
These new paintings are among more work now at our gallery in Vermont.
Check back to see more work in the series as it is completed.
