Explorations of Gesture in Acrylic Paintings

In contrast to my color-field preoccupation, I’m also taken by the way the acrylic can suggest movement — especially with reference to strong feeling or even powerful ideas. I tend to think of the color fields in the neighboring sections as more contained, whether calmer or even chaotic.

Much of what’s below on this page was informed in response to events during the initial Covid-19 disaster; the turbulence, the tensions, the discontinuities, to say nothing of the dreams I experienced arising in my efforts to comprehend what I didn’t yet know how to relate to.

These paintings below provide just a small sampling of my way of seeking to understand how I was being affected by all of the goings-on. Some were invited to exhibitions while others just served as moments of rather impactufl personal reflection.