What would happen (2024 WSU Recital, #4/8)
Original artwork, 22” x 30” mixed media on paper, unframed
Starting with a blank slate and an empty mind, I loaded my brush with paint and began making dabs and squiggles, without any particular direction in mind. I expected the composition to evolve into something else—colors blending into a background, shapes emerging to take over. But the process led me somewhere different: a cloud of color that, almost by accident, resembled a bouquet of flowers. The piece became an exercise in curiosity and discovery, exploring the way darker colors naturally found their place in the composition, almost as if they were drawn to certain areas by instinct. It’s a painting born from the question, “What would happen if I just let it happen?”
Original artwork, 22” x 30” mixed media on paper, unframed
Starting with a blank slate and an empty mind, I loaded my brush with paint and began making dabs and squiggles, without any particular direction in mind. I expected the composition to evolve into something else—colors blending into a background, shapes emerging to take over. But the process led me somewhere different: a cloud of color that, almost by accident, resembled a bouquet of flowers. The piece became an exercise in curiosity and discovery, exploring the way darker colors naturally found their place in the composition, almost as if they were drawn to certain areas by instinct. It’s a painting born from the question, “What would happen if I just let it happen?”
Original artwork, 22” x 30” mixed media on paper, unframed
Starting with a blank slate and an empty mind, I loaded my brush with paint and began making dabs and squiggles, without any particular direction in mind. I expected the composition to evolve into something else—colors blending into a background, shapes emerging to take over. But the process led me somewhere different: a cloud of color that, almost by accident, resembled a bouquet of flowers. The piece became an exercise in curiosity and discovery, exploring the way darker colors naturally found their place in the composition, almost as if they were drawn to certain areas by instinct. It’s a painting born from the question, “What would happen if I just let it happen?”