Diagram of light installation

"When Sue Wears Red"

When Sue Wears Red by Langston Hughes

When Susanna Jones wears red
her face is like an ancient cameo
Turned brown by the ages.
Come with a blast of trumphets, Jesus!

When Susanna Jones wears red
A queen from some time-dead Egyptian night
Walks once again.
Blow trumphets, Jesus!

And the beauty of Susanna Jones in red
Burns in my heart a love-fire sharp like a pain.
Sweet silver trumphets, Jesus!

Dear Red exhibition

artist statement

Rich in history, science and theory, color has always seem to surface as my subject in painting.  The combination of these attributes fuel my work of studying color and their relationships.  Building upon this foundation, pattern, space and form of a fundamental design encourage a narrative.  Using natural forms and basic shapes from experience or intuition to revive the core structure of our existence into a pictograph of a moment, memory or thought.  

advisor meeting with Dianne

My skype meeting with Dianne, was enlightening as always.  We chatted about my plans for the Dear Red series and its associations with the artificial versus the organic.  Also color aid paper to be able to identify the different reds, also comparing that to graphic designs and painting.  Using natural light versus artificial light in the interpretation of the colors.  Suggestions to dig in deep with the color theory and master that to master more of the color relations.  References were plentiful; Betty Saar, John Cage and specifically De Koonings use of natural light and the abstract expressionists.  We chatted about a studio visit, and Guererra Paints in the East Village for pigments.