Matter

Matter, acrylic, 48'x60', 2011 (image: Westside Pictures LLC)

As I've culled through work completed during the past year in preparation for The Truth of What I See at Core Gallery in February, this painting, Matter, never fell off of the list. It was begun in late 2010 and then turned toward the wall for months, yet not forgotten. In a sense it took on a life of it's own and that's when things get exciting in the studio. But is was a slowly emerging life. Periodically Matter was pulled back out to receive more attention, and sometimes paint. That process was repeated several times until it felt complete. Each painting has a life of it's own, and that means in terms of the process as well as the resulting imagery. That is the fact of the matter.