Seekers Series

"The Seekers Series" are ethereal scrolls that reflect ancient Asian paintings through contemporary sensibilities. In this work from 2009, raw linen, freed from its stretchers, is allowed to ripple with its textures. Using charcoal and water media in a limited palette, mountain and sea-scapes are punctuated by silhouettes and geometries that represent order amidst wilderness, an underlying balance in the universe. This series pays respect to Zen artists of the first millennium who believed in using their instincts more than their brush and for whom paintings were poetry.