Tone Poems
An exhibit of my recent paintings and assemblage pieces is on view at the Helen S. Smith Gallery at Green River College in Auburn, Washington
September 21 through December 3, 2021.
the gallery is in the Holman Library building and is accessible during the library's hours Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wearing a mask is required.
A virtual tour of the show can be found here:
https://www.greenriver.edu/community/art-gallery/about-the-gallery/
Tone Poems is an idea borrowed from the classical music form that evokes a particular place, scenario, or event. My work often describes the memory of places or occurrences that involve sounds, weather and the circumstances of light. I use musical score lines in these compositions as the foundational structure that appears and disappears as marks and shapes interact with them. As a painter, this approach enables me to play with a wide range of gestural marks and colors as visual rhythms that energize the spatial dynamics of a composition.