Margins 2024
Since 2024, I have developed an interlocking series of 2.5-inch circles cut from the discarded margins of larger paintings created on Arches watercolor paper using water from the Gulf of Mexico in Florida and the Kankakee River in Illinois. These smaller compositions inspire larger paintings, which will become features in new works. This cycle will repeat, as I am challenged and inspired by both the larger paintings and the smaller compositions found along the edges beyond the mat board and framed boundaries.
Circle artworks are matted using white archival mat board with one inch boarder behind non glare acrylic encased in a square two-inch-deep solid maple wood frame.
Kankakee River water (collected in Illinois) and/or water from the Gulf of New Mexico (collected in Florida)
Watercolor on Arches paper
2.5 inch circle
2024