About the Biotic Series

Evolution of the Biotic Series

Occasionally I find myself bored with what I need to paint, and I turn my attention elsewhere. If nothing else for a short break. If I am lucky, I find a new technique or visual addition for my painting lexicon. I’ll choose an unsuccessful painting, using it for “playtime explorations”. I picked and unfinished and already reworked, numerous times, View from Above, a Series exploring the landscape from an aerial perspective. It was likely destined for the dumpster, with nothing to lose. It was Playtime!

I began “cutting” around any areas of interest, colors or patterns with my paint and brush. I got excited! I found myself sinking down from above the clouds and into pond water. I found a memory! It was my childhood fascination for a set of Dioramas at the local Natural History Museum. Consisting of 3 small boxes, showing different levels of magnifications from a single drop of pond water. It was a world with-in a world and magical!. So many wonderfully odd shapes connecting and interacting together and presented with fun colors. I went back and viewed them again, numerous times. I spent the rest of day and more as I painted, looking to keep those unique memories alive. I really did a happy dance every time I saw the painting over the next days.

Was this a fluke? I took a few more paintings and deliberately began the same process. Always cognizant of finding the best use of my time, I began thinking “How can I do this without first needing a bad painting?” So began my new evolution with my paintings and this new Series.

Decent Into The Biotic

#26 2015 16X20 oil on paper.jpg Oil on Paper 20 x 16 inches. Again I painted this piece at the Baca Street Studio -Gallery and is an example of the next evolution in this series. I
t was started with the intention of a Biotic painting. I first approached it by building layers of patterns and colors. Once that was all dry I came back and "cut-out" the shapes using the burnt orange and pale lavender/pink paint.

First Biotic Painting

#2 DescriptionThis is the very first discovery painting I created from a sad and dusty, failed 'View From Above' painting. I was playing around to see what I might save and use to transform it into something more interesting. It was painted on an expensive cradled panel and I just hate wasting my materials! This painting is in my personal collection. First discovery paintings are very special and always unique with more than just the final visual. I might sell offer a limited edition of Giclee prints. #27

Biotic Oil On Paper

#28 Descent into the Biotic, Flowers. 48x36 Oil canvas.jpg I might sell limited editions. 48 x 36 canvas in oil, Painting over another "problem" attempt of somOil on Paper 20 x 16 inches. Again I painted this piece at the Baca Street Studio -Gallery and is an example of the next evolution in this series. I t was started with the intention of a Biotic painting. I first approached it by building layers of patterns and colors. Once that was all dry I came back and "cut-out" the shapes using the burnt orange and pale lavender/pink paint.ething I can't even visualize now. I did have a great deal of fun with the shapes and colors. Painting the Background was the last thing and keeping the blue sinking deeper and deeper into the dark depths was nearly a week of work! And worth it! This painting sold. This is the very first discovery painting I created from a sad and dusty, failed 'View From Above' painting. I was playing around to see what I might save and use to transform it into something more interesting. It was painted on an expensive cradled panel and I just hate wasting my materials! This painting is in my personal collection. First discovery paintings are very special and always unique with more than just the final visual. I might sell offer a limited edition of Giclee prints.

Biotic Painting

Description#29 2015 Oil on canvas.jpg A 16x 12in oil on canvas. An Early evolution of an unsuccessful "View From Above" into in Biotic. With in the shapes of different colors you can find evidence of field, building and roads.
Painted it at the Baca Street Studio/Gallery, this sold before I had finished it!

Biotic Painting to come

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