“what i’m looking for” (collection of 8)
acrylic on raw, unstretched canvas in thrifted frames/coloured paper mattes
various sizes
a collection that invites slowing down to see what we need to see [the signs that often lead us where we need to be]. by visually portraying such simple, natural forms in minimal yet intentional complementary colours, it creates a sense of calm + mindfulness.
select availability; please inquire
read about the process below
“canyon sunlight” 8x10 frame
“prairie dancin’” 8x10 frame
“the star” 8x10 frame
“paradise ahead” 8x10 frame
“fire inside” [01 + 02] 5x6 frame
“light blue + crimson” [01 + 02] coming soon
*canvas size was not measured and may vary within each
process
these minimal botanical shapes were some of the first things i started doodling at the start of my art process and were usually done as a way to regulate my nervous system——or slow down. while i’ve explored a lot of visual styles since then, i always come back to these here and there and usually at times when i’m close to burnout and probably need to slow down a notch… which was the case when i started this collection.
my initial plan wasn’t going to look anything like these and were going to be a lot more chaotic——but then i caught myself slowing down and painting very detailed shapes in one colour intuitively and it felt like some sort of sign from the universe that this was what i was to do.
i chose the raw, unstretched canvas to keep it simple and calming. the background of the canvas is perfectly textured as is and the coloured paper as the matte in the frame was chosen to make the paint colour of each shape really draw you in.
i put them in thrifted frames [or just some i had that i wasn’t using] to further build on the story; if we slow down a little, we might realize we have more than we think, we have what we really need, and we don’t need to buy more.