Exuberance Paintings

Abstract paintings of my exuberance

The title of this series announced itself in my head one day when I was looking at my painting, On Saturn's Edge, Exuberance. A mouthful of a title, to be sure, though the way the metallic leaf pieces formed in the wet paint did somewhat resemble the rocky outer rings of Saturn. It wasn't until later that I learned from Lyn Cowan's book, Portrait of the Blue Lady: The Character of Melancholy, about the ancient mythology of the Roman god Saturn and his association with melancholy, as well as the intimate relationship between exuberance and melancholy.
As I created more and more canvases with intense colors and metallic leaf, it struck me that the vibrance of the colors and the bright shininess of the metallics accurately expressed my experience of exuberance—that intoxicating feeling of unrestrained enthusiasm for life.


PORTAL

acrylic, colored pencil, glass beads, metallic leaf on linen

60in x 40in x 2.5in

2018

$5,200 / email to purchase






HAPPY TOGETHER
oil, acrylic, metallic leaf, mica flakes on canvas with painted edges
20 x 10 x 3in + 20 x 10 x 3in
2009
$2,000 / email to purchase

 


 
THE GOLD WILL OUT
oil, acrylic, charcoal, metallic leaf, mica flakes on canvas with painted edges
30in x 30in x 3in
2009
$2,600 / email to purchase





EMERGENCE
acrylic, pencil, metallic leaf, wax on canvas with painted edges
36in x 50in x 2in
2013





ON SATURN'S EDGE, EXUBERANCE

acrylic, metallic leaf on canvas with painted edges

36in x 48in

2006

SOLD






ON OUR WAY

acrylic, metallic leaf on canvas with painted edges

36in x 48in

2006

SOLD






GRAPHITE SHADOW

acrylic, metallic leaf on canvas with painted edges

30in x 30in

2006

SOLD






LAYERS OF YOU, LAYERS OF ME

oil, pencil, metallic leaf on canvas with painted edges

Text Reads: layers of you // layers of me

40in x 30in

2005

SOLD






TACTILE LUNAR

acrylic, metallic leaf on canvas with painted edges

60in x 36in x 1.5in

2007

SOLD






TRUST THE PROCESS I

acrylic, glass beads, metallic leaf, colored pencil on linen

60in x 40in x 2.5in

2017

$5,000 / email to purchase






COME TOGETHER II

oil, metallic leaf on canvas with painted edges

20in x 20in x 3in

2008

SOLD 





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