Green Things (2021)

Leaves...or not? If you stare at something for too long, it stops seeming real. Maybe it becomes blurry, or maybe it loses dimension and meaning…

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This began with a painting of vine leaves that became more realistic as I saw them less as leaves and more as colors and shapes. After that, I started rearranging those colors and shapes.

It’s been over a year since then. One idea led to the next, and when it didn’t, my determination not to end on a prime number of paintings (so that they could fit into a grid) eked out another idea.

So that brought us here: 9 paintings of green shapes.