Fissure
2012
13x9
acrylic with slag on paper











Seemed like an appropriate image given all the blackouts and destruction much of the country is experiencing right now.

Frankenstorm

2012
12x16
oil with cold wax medium









Weather forecasters are whipping themselves into a funnel cloud of excitement over the "cone of probability" of the so called Frankenstorm.
Meanwhile I have been working on this painting that I had been thinking was a Nor'easter.
Who knows, maybe art is a vehicle for prescience!

Finding My Way
2012
7x7
oil with coldwax

Trellis
2012
7x7
encaustic monotype

Monotype

Entrance
2012
7x5
encaustic monotype

Contradiction
2012
14x11
oil with cold wax











So here's my contradiction:  I always grab crazy intense color to work with, but when I look at art, the pieces I am really drawn to have a lot of whites and neutrals.
Here is an attempt to incorporate some of those tints.
This piece appeared earlier on this blog (September 18, 2012) as a riotous red thing.

Abstraction and Reactions

Bubble Proliferation
2010
10x8
encaustic on panel









Tales from a Test Tube:  Abstractions and Reactions
the works of
Andrew Duncan, Joanne Holtje, Lionel Reinford, and Emily Sandagata
Curated by Jerry Beck
Opening Reception:  Saturday, October 13, 2012 1-3 p.m.
100 Research Drive, Wilmington, MA
for more information please visit beyondbenign

This will be a really exciting show in an interesting, totally unorthodox venue.
The exhibit will be up until January 11, 2013, but after the opening, it will be shown only by appointment.

Pier
2012
4x6
oil






Another little "palette scraper"
Moody, huh?