My artistic story starts with a dream of becoming a full-time artist at the all-knowing age of fourteen. I was captivated by the artwork found in the comic books I read. A classmate saw some of my comic drawings and told me that I needed to leave that child’s play alone and step my game up with some “real” art. With that statement, my new like-minded friend introduced me to the fantastic art of Frank Frazetta.
I went on the hunt for more material while discovering the works of Boris Vallejo and became hooked for life. I further deepened my desire to paint by watching Bob Ross on PBS television. He looked like he was having such fun and made it appear really easy to do, which was the skill sets that he possessed. The biggest joy I uncovered was how calming his painting style made me feel.
I completed my B.A. architectural degree at Tuskegee University, Alabama in 1989 and expanded upon my love of fantasy art and started painting and sculpting resin models. I used a variety of mediums to make these amazing sculptures come to life. Eventually these acrylic, watercolor, pastel, and oil paint mediums found their way onto some canvases.
After years of experimenting while developing my artistic voice, I discovered that I loved working with vibrant colors and movement, thus developing my “Kinetic Spectrum” style of painting. Regardless of the subject matter, all my paintings are abstract in nature because I am looking to capture the emotion of how the image makes me feel and not the literal interpretation of the objects, persons, or creatures within the creation.
My style is always in a state of expansion. I combine techniques and mediums that can stand on their own to arrive at my own individual creative expression. My mixed media approach evokes a response from each viewer because of the state that I am in when I create my works. I must be in a peaceful vortex of positive vibration as I am one with “Source Energy” itself, which is pure love and clarity.
Just imagine gazing upon a painting that awakens within you the full knowledge of all that you are and what that would do for your life’s journey. I only create original works because each painting is a unique visual experience and has a specific purpose that must be witnessed and appreciated in its purest state.
As an intuitive artist, I navigate mediums and surfaces using color, composition, and most of all control. My wet-on-wet layering technique varies with each project and can consist of molding paste, graphite, gouache/acrylic/oil paints, colored inks, mica flakes, sand, stones, or glass beads applied in varying stages until a scene or flow is created that moves me. Once the visual symphony is organically composed I allow it time to speak to me and then the detailing fun begins.
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