Palm

"Palm" is a multi-media painting on canvas incorporating oil and acrylic paint with collaged pieces of canvas, paper and found wood pieces. It is a continuation in the series of paintings I started in 2012 that integrates large stone shapes and tightly-woven pebble shapes that move and entwine throughout the piece. I work directly on the wall (you can see me in my portfolio picture working on a painting) rather than stretched canvas. I prefer working on a hard surface so that I can move around different elements like paper, canvas, metal and plastic pieces I am going to collage onto the canvas - like doing a puzzle except starting from scratch. I also turn the canvas as part of my process which creates balance and enables you, the viewer, to hang the piece anyway you like, either vertically or horizontally. I present the work here the way in which I think it looks best but ultimately orientation is up to the owner.