Vortex Up
2014
Oil and Encaustic on Panel
30x36x2 inches
The Vortex Series -

The Vortex series is a meeting of opposing energies; a swirling confrontation where polar opposites meet. They wrestle, waiting for the balance to tip, as when a world balances on its axis and slowly tips to the other side. With the mindset of a realist, I envision a world filled with energies. Whether these energies be Intellectual, emotional or physical, there is that tipping point where both repulsive challenge and attractive synergy simultaneously occur. My exploration is both physical and contemplative. The encaustic and oilpaint, reflect my keen interest an authenticity-of-materials; the heating/cooling nature of wax-working embodies this fluid sense of co-existence between the light of powerful, balanced energy and the vast darkness of the void.
Vortex -Down
2014
Oil and Encaustic on Panel
25x36x2 inches
The Vortex Series - Down

My exploration is both physical and contemplative.

The encaustic and oilpaint, reflect my keen interest an authenticity-of-materials; the heating/cooling nature of wax-working embodies this fluid sense of co-existence between the light of powerful, balanced energy and the vast darkness of the void.
Vortex Up - Detail
2014
Oil and Encaustic on Panel
30x36x2 inches
The Vortex Series -

The oil-infused (and varnish-sealed) raw panel of the void.

The Vortex series is a meeting of opposing energies; a swirling confrontation where polar opposites meet.
Vortex Up - Detail
2014
Oil and Encaustic on Panel
30x36x2 inches
The Vortex Series -

The wax-infused (and varnish-sealed) raw panel of the frozen moment of energy.

They wrestle, waiting for the balance to tip, as when a world balances on its axis and slowly tips to the other side.

Vortex Up - Detail
2014
Oil and Encaustic on Panel
30x36x2 inches
The Vortex Series -

The encaustic dense (and varnish-sealed) centre of the frozen moment of energy.

With the mindset of a realist, I envision a world filled with energies.
Vortex -Down - Detail
2014
Oil and Encaustic on Panel
25x36x2 inches
The Vortex Series -

The oil-infused (and varnish-sealed) raw panel of the void.
The wax-infused (and varnish-sealed) raw panel of the frozen moment of energy.
The encaustic dense (and varnish-sealed) centre of the frozen moment of energy. panel of the void.

All on the downward end of the vortex.

Whether these energies be Intellectual, emotional or physical, there is that tipping point where both repulsive challenge and attractive synergy simultaneously occur.