More Quintessence

Two more from the Quintessence Series… and a shot of my humble little press below:

Quintessence #09

above: quintessence #9, woodblock prints, acrylic, gouache, and graphite on paper, 13 by 12 inches, 2009.

quintessence #10

above: quintessence #10, woodblock prints, acrylic, gouache, and graphite on paper, 12 by 12 inches, 2009.

my itty bitty press

Tondos

Two of the new tondos that I’ve been working on recently. Each one is 48 inches in diameter, oil on canvas on panel.

This first one “Collapse” is complete. The second piece, titled “Tether” has about 12 hours of work into it.

collapse

tether (in progress)

Weakness and Strength

Two more works. The shell and brick piece is a continuation of a group of works started last year called “Beautiful Collision” and is a reinterpretation of the elements of those previous works. The second piece is another in the Quintessence Series.

collision

quintessence #8

Summer Work

Since the spring semester ended here at Mizzou I’ve been working a number of prints on my small press in my home studio. These works are actually fairly connected in spite of their formal differences. For a few years now I’ve taken periodic breaks from the figure-based themes and worked with abstract formal explorations based on the dodecahedra and pentagons that appear in those more representational works.

Anyway, here are a good grouping of the new pieces. I’ll post individually for any more that come.

tensions

quintessence #3

leap

quintessence #4