Yolkies (2019-pr.)

Put a slightly thinned layer of paint down. While it’s still wet, wipe the paint off with dry cotton rags. Use as many rags as it takes, until they come away only barely smudged. Attempt to freehand a perfect circle with a pencil. After a few days, when the surface has completely dried, repeat the process with a new color. The erasure will nearly cause the circle to disappear, but there will be a ghost to guide the next attempt, which should come out a little better. Continue to repeat these processes until the shape and chroma achieve harmony, or until the work calls for an improvised response (at which point the rule deviates).

My experience is that approaching a procedural system with an open-ended goal is a productive format for meditative optimism.

-September 2019

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Nothing Else Mallards

28 x 22” oil, acrylic, graphite/ polyester mounted to canvas 2024

King of Sports

24 x 20” oil, graphite/ polyester mounted to canvas 2019

Business-casual Plumbing Ritual

24 x 20” oil, acrylic/ polyester mounted to canvas 2020

RoboDuck

28 x 22” oil/ polyester mounted to canvas 2024

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