Drift
Oil Pastel on Canvas with High Gloss Finish
12 x 36 inches
Drift is a 12 x 36 inch painting made with oil pastels on canvas, finished with a high gloss varnish. The piece is full of bold color—deep reds, warm yellows, cool blues, and muted greens—arranged into shapes that overlap, repeat, and shift across the long canvas. The stretched format gives the work a steady rhythm, like the colors and forms are slowly moving together in a kind of flow.
The oil pastel creates a raw, textured surface, but the high gloss varnish covers it with a clean, polished finish. The shine makes the colors look bright and confident, but it also softens the roughness of the marks beneath. That contrast suggests the tension between what is shown on the surface and what lies underneath—between polish and imperfection, certainty and doubt.
Drift
Oil Pastel on Canvas with High Gloss Finish
12 x 36 inches
Drift is a 12 x 36 inch painting made with oil pastels on canvas, finished with a high gloss varnish. The piece is full of bold color—deep reds, warm yellows, cool blues, and muted greens—arranged into shapes that overlap, repeat, and shift across the long canvas. The stretched format gives the work a steady rhythm, like the colors and forms are slowly moving together in a kind of flow.
The oil pastel creates a raw, textured surface, but the high gloss varnish covers it with a clean, polished finish. The shine makes the colors look bright and confident, but it also softens the roughness of the marks beneath. That contrast suggests the tension between what is shown on the surface and what lies underneath—between polish and imperfection, certainty and doubt.