Chic Sheikh

acrylic on canvas, 16" x 12"

This is the "resolved" result of a semester-long scraper painting assignment from my class at UNM.  I had chosen acrylic as the medium for this project, which was perhaps a mistake, since it is next to impossible to scrape an acrylic painting off, unless you scrape as you go.  This canvas went through 11 iterations before finally resolving it, most of them abstracts.  The biggest benefit that I could see from this exercise was perhaps the buildup of texture on the surface.  

Devon

oil on cradled birch panel, 11" x 14"

This was an exercise in painting material, something I've been doing a lot lately and loving.  Here I was playing with the abstract shapes made by the folds of satin, wondering how far I could push it.