botanINK Collection

The idea is simple, I let myself open up to unexpected compositions. When painting I try not to think, constantly reminding myself to ignore the need to attach meaning or purpose to what I am doing at the moment. As artists, we love (and are expected)  to label our work, writing a statement of what makes us unique as individuals. Our work is supposed to be a window to our consciousness.

This is a series of paintings with no story to tell and no predetermined agenda.

BotanINK BARK

2012–2014

A series that seeks to hold the memory of a moment within nature’s constant becoming. Botanical studies that act as sensitive traces of an ephemeral time, where plant matter and gesture merge into a the natural element of using raw wood as surface..___

Oaks, 2012 Mixed Media on Wood 18 x 18 x 2 in (45.72 x 45.72 x 5.08 cm)
Bark III Mixed Media 24 x 24 in (60.96 x 60.96 cm)

BotanINK FLOW

2012 - 2014

 Works that capture the vital flow of nature as perpetual motion. Fluid gestures and organic ideas translate the silent rhythm of growth, transformation, and impermanence.

Night. Mixed Media on Wood 12" x 30" 2013 BotanINK Series
Indian Bean Tree. Mixed Media on Wood 18"x18 2013 BotanINK Series
Butterfly Night. Mixed Media on Wood 14"x14" 2012

BotanINK WAX

2010 - 2014

Early abstract encaustic works that explore the tension between center and periphery. Orange hues, metallic sheen, and tactile density create a gravitational field where the central point gathers and radiates surrounding energy.

Afloat. Encaustic Mixed Media on Wood 6 x 8 x 1 in 2021
Disconnected Teal. Encaustic Mixed Media 24” x 8” 2012
Disconnected Orange. Encaustic Mixed Media 24” x 8” 2012

BotanINK Orbits

2010 - 2012

Use of circles, orbits, and meshes as visual metaphors for movement and connection. The compositions trace relational dynamics and invisible flows that evoke the living structure of natural systems and human networks.

 

Mixed media on board 14” x 14" 2009
Mixed Media on Wood Panel 14 x 14.5 in
Mixed Media on Board 14" x 14"

BotanINK LIQUID

2010 - 2015

An exploration of the circle’s geometry as a primordial form. Each piece carries the sensation of matter in motion—pigments diffusing like water, metals melting into light. These works reveal the cyclical pulse that runs through nature and human experience, offering a delicate synthesis between the organic and the abstract.____

Ocean. Encaustic Mixed Media 12" Diameter 2014
Melted Love. Encustic Mixed Media 12 x 12 x 1 in 2011
Algea. Encaustic Mixed Media on Wood 12 x 12 x 1.5 in 2014

BotanINK: Most Living Things

2011-2019

An inquiry into life in its most elemental state. Guided by the image of the primordial cell, these works become visual meditations on the vital impulse—the first force that animates and sustains every form of existence.___

Red Bark, 2014 24 x 11 in (60.96 x 27.94 cm)
Transforming, Strong, 2014 Mixed Media 30 x 20 in (76.2 x 50.8 cm)

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