MYTHICAL LANDSCAPES

MYTHICAL LANDSCAPES

These paintings were begun outdoors at the Elizabeth Street Community Garden, and were created using water-based crayons. Compositions began as figures in the garden, but the elements of figure and ground soon merged together so that the figures became landscapes.

As an artist who strongly focuses on the figure, the shift to landscape forms proved challenging. However, re-inventing the figures as imaginary landscapes rather than just reclining models, led me to transform the figures into pure abstractions. Ultimately, images became entirely arrangements of organic and geometric shapes.

MYTHICAL LANDSCAPES

Diving Deeper

The Venus of Crown Heights II

The Venus of Crown Heights

Figure Landscape V

The Mother of the Muses

Figure Landscape IV

Imaginary Landscape V

Figure Landscape III

Figure Landscape II

Figure Landscape

Imaginary Landscape IV

Adam of Spring Street II

Adam of Spring Street

Dreaming of Andre Derain

Imaginary Landscape III

Bluest Lake

Imaginary Landscape II

Aerial View Landscape IV

Aerial View Landscape III

Aerial View Landscape II

Imaginary Landscape

Aerial View Landscape