Inventory of Solitude

Inventory of SolitudeIn this work I set out to create a dissonance between two ways of knowing the grid of paint dabs on the left imposes order, repetition, and the cold comfort of enumeration, while the figure on the right resists all of that, folding inward into a contemplative stillness that no computer or spreadsheet can quantify. I was drawn to the question of what we count, what we measure, and what inevitably escapes those efforts and I chose the cool cyan to

Archival grade

familiarly referred to as the Calatrava

Four-inch square tiles with apparently random designs and placement

I committed to come back first thing in the morning

Palette: Monochromatic with neutral tonality and punchy contrast

Image Size: 10 x 16

the directional light implies a campfire

Transient dancer

like a fever dream of midcentury design

Warm monochrome

This is a minimalist abstract composition built on squares

This bodyscape figure study is in warm sepia tones