I spend the summer months on an island in Maine. The woods and sea have provided me with unlimited subject matter. The paintings in the Island Kelp Series are made in collaboration with nature. I soak the paper in seawater, lay kelp onto the paper to create a form, and paint to allow the liquids to pool and bleed where they desire. The transparency and movement of the water and the atmosphere, light and weather are the elements I’m after. I embrace not knowing what the final paintings will look like.
