Sunday, June 21, 2009

line

Line. Until recently, line did not figure prominently in my work.
I was all about the form. In the field.


hard rain (prototype) 2004
12 x 12 encaustic on panel
collection of Ruth Morpeth



Sometimes a horizon line was called for.
But I don't really think there is a line
so much as there is a juxtapostion of forms.
In the field.


untitled landscape 2006
24 x 24 encaustic on panel
collection of the artist



More form in the field. Maybe a few drips.

Lacuna (red cassandra 1 & 2) 2008
24 x 24 encaustic on panel (each)




Then came the drips. Big time.
Lines as drips.
Drips as lines. Lines caused by drips.


ophelia red 2009
36 x 36 encaustic on panel
private collection



And then, the horizon line became insinuated into the work.
A little obsessively, I think. But not aggressively. It's lurking in the background.

false walls (umber) 2009
24 x 24 encaustic on panel



Line takes front and center
and
pushes form and field to the background
.

from the sea 1 2009
6" x 6" digital photo