The black on black oil stick “shadow” paintings shift perspectives like shadows across the landscape that intuit the passage of time, while raising questions about our sense of foreground and background. The imagery indicates the natural world, yet it is also self-referential, building on shapes and patterns that evolve in the making of the work.

 

 Chasing Shadows, 2014, oil stick on wood, 8 x 16 inches each

 

 

Shadow Grasses, 2015, oil stick on wood, 10 x 10 inches each

 

 

Shadow-Waves-2015

Shadow Waves, oil paint stick on wood, 2015, 10 x 10 in. each

 

 

Black Shadow Series, variation 1, oil paint stick on paper on wood, 2014, 48 x 56 inches

 

 

Black Shadow Series, variation 3, 2014-15, 40 x 64 inches

 

 

 

Black Shadow Series, variation 4, 2014-2019, 40 x 40 inches