Dare Seize the Fire

Oil, acrylic, gilding powders, shattered glass on carved wood assemblage.

30x27x3"

Piecing reclaimed boards together, and using the materials without shaping or amending them in any way, forced me to move away from a square or rectangular format. In turn, the oddly shaped panels gave me a new look and feel, and more emotional expressiveness in their forms. With this piece, I was intrigued by the juxtaposition of the two boards forming a strong and stable right angle, countered by the broken diagonal of smaller boards with their movement and energy. It is through color and the sparkle of shattered glass that I bring together these disparate and unrelated elements into visual harmony.