Burning Bush

3 - 22" x 30" canvases

Acrylic

sold

"When I finished this painting I sat back from my easel and began to look at the painting for an extended period of time, as is my normal routine. What began to make itself evident to me is the shapes similarities to the hanging branches of a bush and with the flaming red, brown and gray emanating from the branch I began to see it's resemblance to a burning bush. Naming it that makes the painting a bit more representational than what I wish to paint. I felt though that "Burning Bush" was appropriate. Since it is the first painting of my abstract expressionist style, it represents for me God's commission for me to paint.

Burning Bush was the first expressionist painting which I felt could articulate my style. The color palette is one which I adopted many years ago and still feel strongly about. It arrived though my attempts to capture the Colorado landscape. These shades of red, brown, gold and blue are the colors of Colorado.

Far too many abstract paintings incorporate throwing and dripping paint in a poorly impersonated Jackson Pollack style. I determined to avoid any sort of drip painting. After a number of failed attempts to create an interesting style I began to dry brush my paint. This, I felt, was unique and interesting enough to pursue.

Moving progressively through the pages of this website will reveal an ongoing discourse about the developmental steps of each painting."

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