Artist Statement
Silken Twine Series, 2013
I was commissioned by Gadra Enterprises Inc. to paint a large abstract canvas in the summer of 2012. It had been over twenty years since my abstract "Jazzed" series and they were half the size of this proposal. In the end, by January1, 2013 I had incorporated familiar and new elements into the composition. The beauty of this project is that it came just prior to finding out I had bladder cancer, so the painting became a cathartic focus during chemotherapy and it got me through the surgery.
Smaller spin-off works have ensued since the installation of the Gadra painting and these studies are leading to a series of mid-size (4ft x 5ft) proportions. I have achieved finding a new groove that blends the past and present in abstract forms that are both familiar and new to me. Since I got into these new elements I was sent a link to sites with examples of new cancer imaging and was stunned to find I have been intuiting similar elements from the micro world of cancer research.
tobeyc
April5, 2013
Silken Twine Series, 2013
I was commissioned by Gadra Enterprises Inc. to paint a large abstract canvas in the summer of 2012. It had been over twenty years since my abstract "Jazzed" series and they were half the size of this proposal. In the end, by January1, 2013 I had incorporated familiar and new elements into the composition. The beauty of this project is that it came just prior to finding out I had bladder cancer, so the painting became a cathartic focus during chemotherapy and it got me through the surgery.
Smaller spin-off works have ensued since the installation of the Gadra painting and these studies are leading to a series of mid-size (4ft x 5ft) proportions. I have achieved finding a new groove that blends the past and present in abstract forms that are both familiar and new to me. Since I got into these new elements I was sent a link to sites with examples of new cancer imaging and was stunned to find I have been intuiting similar elements from the micro world of cancer research.
tobeyc
April5, 2013
