2025 : How to Live with pain
In the fall of 2024, I met my biological family in Jeonju, Korea, for the first time. I got to see where my ancestors came from. When I came home, I realized there was an apparent reason for my constant painting of mountains. I’m convinced these landscapes have lived in my subconscious all along.
The abstract language I used to paint was universal, and I think it is suitable for many. The works below are intended for a few. They are surreal, specific, and contain a new visual language I am beginning to understand. There are nods to previous years throughout, but it is fair to say that this is genuinely new work for me.
A little note: The last painting, 'A Cold Case', was created first. The rest took over a year to complete. I hope the details, layers, and depth reflect the long hours of consideration and discernment I invested while creating them. Sorry, there are so few, but I haven’t been more proud of my work in years.
Whether under, through the dark, or over in the cold light, the path is most true when not in full sight. 36 x 44 inches || Watercolor, Spray Paint, Conte Pencil, Acrylic, Sumi ink, Pastel on Canvas Available || 2025
The underside of your chosen path, a collection of untold stories, secret dreams, wilt every day, slowly. 48 x 40 inches || Watercolor, Acrylic, Pastel on Canvas || Available || 2025
Future happiness cast just above your being, a dream so far away, keeps you tilted towards possibility, you’ll stay here another day. 48 x 40 inches || Watercolor, Acrylic, Pastel on Canvas || Available || 2025
Now here is the prairie of low-lying life, you can see the horizon- and it’s so far, the path’s beginning and its ending is an everyday fight. 18 x 26 inches || Watercolor, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pastel on Canvas || Available || 2025
A cold case that lies untouched for many moons. 34 x 24 inches Watercolor, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pastel on Canvas Available 2025