Aureate Dance II

Acrylic on canvas.

24x24x1.50"

Aureate I & Aureate II
24 x 24” | Original Acrylic on Canvas
Series Title: Aureate — from the Latin aureatus, meaning "made of gold"

Glowing with the warmth of oxidized gold and the patina of time, Aureate I and Aureate II explore how light, memory, and motion imprint themselves on perception. Sweeps of rust-toned gesture carve through fields of ochre and molten yellow, echoing the rhythm of Portland’s creative pulse—layered, energetic, and ever-evolving.

Created through a process of intuitive mark-making and fluid washes, these pieces embody the tension between control and release, structure and improvisation—mirroring the artistic diversity and experimental spirit of Portland’s creative community.

In these 2 pieces, gold becomes more than a color—it becomes a state of energy, of possibility, of creative heat.