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The Frame Series In-progress

The Frame Series got started unintentionally after a donation of 8 38x52" frames. At first I planned to use them to frame art already created, but once I got them home I realized I didn't really have anything that would fit all that well, let alone 8 paintings I wantedt. I've always wanted to integrate the frames and borders of my canvases into the art itself, I just never set out to make it happen... so after a day or two of leaving the frames alone, I stretched a canvas using the frame as the stretcher itself and got started. Virgil was the first in the series but even after finishing, I wasn't entirely sure whether the series would be thematic or simply tied together by materials. I couldn't get the name Virgil out of my head while making the first painting, so the title stuck and gave rise to the concept of some sort of Greek poetry or mythology inspired subject matter. Pollux, Circe and Daedalus were relatively quick to follow, with the fifth currently untitled and in progress. I have three more frames to go and a whole lot more thoughts to record, so keep an eye out for more, click the images above for some close-up details, and contact me with interest in purchasing or showing the series. 

Little Floods Rediscovering Small-scale

I've never been "against" small-scale work but there's just something a bit more exciting about revealing large paintings. There's a tinge of spectacle and they immediately leave an impression, even if simply due to size. Spectacle has never been my goal (perhaps a topic for another blog), but for a while I've treated small-scale as an after-thought, only showing them when a space needed to be filled or when they enhanced the larger work around them; only making them when I couldn't muster the motivation to construct a bigger canvas. I have a long history of small-scale work, but I think I've, in a way, downplayed its importance or effectiveness and gravitated toward art that is a bit more physically imposing, for a variety of reasons.

While I have nothing against large scale work (see above, below...the majority of my art from the last decade really) I have recently worked at a smaller scale more than in recent memory and have been absolutely loving it. Not only is it feeding my more immediate need for motivation and enjoyment, but it brings a stress-free start and a somewhat more comfortable process, seeing as I can sit on a couch and don't have that physical aspect a larger painting requires. Not only that, but I can finish a small scale drawing/painting in one or two settings smaller sessions, which I think lends itself to the work being cohesive and never overdone. With a small painting, It's pretty easy to know when it's getting full. With large-scale, there's always room for more complexity and that sometimes leads to a loss of spontaneity. 

Anyway...Here's to the small stuff, the big stuff, and everything in between. Find all my recent small scale work over on the SHOP page.

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