Every once in a while, I cover a canvas with equal sized squares and paint that. The initial inspiration was a painting that I saw in my grandmother's house a few years ago. I made one for Newmie which is hanging in his house! Then I made one for the house in Florida, and then three small ones there. Recently, I made three more canvases, all 12 inches by 12 inches, but started to look at this idea differently. The first was the usual random selection of color, but the second was made with a strategy which envisioned a change, beginning in the middle and then working out. The resulting painting, which I call, "Machine," has life to it and struck me as pointing the way to a different form of abstraction. The third, building on this idea, was an attempt, using the squares to express my deep sadness at the recent death of my mother.
Southern Squares
Machine
Underneath
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