The laborious process of applying and removing, the resulting fragility and possibility of failure are all essential elements if the works are to be successful. They are lessons in contradictions, photo-realism and abstraction, reality and altered states, all leading to an emotional experience.
Portraiture by definition is the recording of an individual’s appearance and personality. I don’t want to do that. The face for me is a vehicle or entrance into the work. I am more interested in the reuniting of the non-objective and the objective, and I look for the tension between the two.
ROMA
The first moments the artist puts pencil to paper and starts to create are often discarded, crumbled up and thrown away. These initial thoughts will be deemed as not worthy, not precise, something missing, when in fact they are actually the purest forms of the work, only to be followed by the arduous task of completing the subsequent idea once it flourishes to full bloom. As with the writer understanding the importance of captivating readers from the very first sentence, the musician humming the words in his head or the poet with his ever-faithful notebook, the artists ideas are always recorded or stored in some manner. Not being exempt from this process, there would be many a day my studio floor would be littered with such papers. Unravelling the discarded paper resulted in this new series of works. My goal was to paint the idea.
Fabriano Roma
Oil on canvas 42 x 48 inches, 2012
Fabriano Roma ii
Oil on canvas 42 x 48 inches, 2012
Roma no. 11
Oil on canvas 64 x 48 inches, 2013
Roma no. 28
Oil on canvas 64 x 54 inches, 2013
Roma no. 32
Oil on canvas 64 x 48 inches, 2013
Roma no. 33
Oil on canvas 64 x 48 inches, 2013
Roma no. 34
Oil on canvas 40 x 36 inches, 2014
Roma no. 126
Oil on canvas 40 x 36 inches, 2014
Roma no. 127
Oil on canvas 40 x 40 inches, 2014
Roma no. 55, ice water, soft mixing grey
Oil on canvas 70 x 50 inches, 2022
Roma no.126, paynes grey, millard green
Oil on canvas 70 x 50 inches, 2022
Roma black no. 11
Oil on canvas 70 x 50 inches, 2013
Roma black no. 14
Oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches, 2013
Roma black no. 15
Oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches, 2013
Roma black no. 16
Oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches, 2013
Roma split tondo no. 1
Natural earth pigments, walnut oil, active carbon mineral air purifying paint, French marble dust, active charcoal, limestone powder on 100% organic canvas. 60 inches diameter, 2019
Roma split tondo no. 2
Natural earth pigments, walnut oil, active carbon mineral air purifying paint, French marble dust, active charcoal, limestone powder on 100% organic canvas. 60 inches diameter, 2019
Roma split tondo no. 3
Natural earth pigments, walnut oil, active carbon mineral air purifying paint, French marble dust, active charcoal, limestone powder on 100% organic canvas. 60 inches diameter, 2020
Roma split tondo no. 4
Natural earth pigments, walnut oil, active carbon mineral air purifying paint, French marble dust, active charcoal, limestone powder on 100% organic canvas. 48 inches diameter, 2023
Roma split tondo no. 5
Natural earth pigments, walnut oil, active carbon mineral air purifying paint, French marble dust, active charcoal, limestone powder on 100% organic canvas. 48 inches diameter, 2023
Roma split tondo no. 6
Natural earth pigments, walnut oil, active carbon mineral air purifying paint, French marble dust, active charcoal, limestone powder on 100% organic canvas. 48 inches diameter, 2023
Roma split tondo no. 7
Natural earth pigments, walnut oil, active carbon mineral air purifying paint, French marble dust, active charcoal, limestone powder on 100% organic canvas. 48 inches diameter, 2023
Roma split tondo no. 10
Natural earth pigments, walnut oil, active carbon mineral air purifying paint, French marble dust, active charcoal, limestone powder on 100% organic canvas. 48 inches diameter, 2023
Roma split tondo no. 11
Natural earth pigments, walnut oil, active carbon mineral air purifying paint, French marble dust, active charcoal, limestone powder on 100% organic canvas. 48 inches diameter, 2023