It’s been nice getting more time in at the studio lately — feels grounding to me. I finished this new painting up today: The Upside Down of Uncertainty, oil on canvas, 30x40", 2021. It started out as something else, which I then whitewashed and flipped it upside down and assembled the composition into what you see now. I even flipped it over again to paint the upside down building.
This piece relates to a series of abstract cityscapes that I worked a lot on during the first part of the pandemic. When creating abstract paintings, they tend to be a bridge to something else, or they become their own series and take me in a new direction. I think The Upside Down of Uncertainty is one of those pieces that will hopefully lead me into a new direction — especially as we approach the end of the year and transition to a new one. It has strong cityscape elements, but there's also this balanced/imbalanced aspect to it that feels appropriate for this moment in time.
The Upside Down of Uncertainty, oil on canvas, 30x40", 2021