"Inertia" ($30.00)

(adjusted price.....$30.00)


"Inertia dissipates with action." Inertia is not a word most of us use everyday, but we feel its effects everyday. To be inert is to be without power of action, motion, or resistance. It is a passive state. The best way to overcome inertia is to decide and take action even when the feelings to do so are not present. It is the essence of discipline.

Those of you who have been following along each day have noticed my obsession with gesso. I now have a desire to marry the light and veiled effects of gesso with intense color contrasts. A "colorist" is an artist whose primary focus is color. The actual color fields in the painting become the center of interest.

In this piece today, I am showing an extreme contrast between the stained and veiled effects of gesso and the dense, dark, concentrated color. The first layer was gesso and very dilute acrylics. The second layer is Prussian Blue plus a Liquitex "Pouring Medium" which increases the flow of the paint. (It has the texture of Elmer's Glue.) I applied it with a palette knife. My desire was to have some of the previous layer showing through in a random way so I held the piece up and over a plastic disposable plate and poured rubbing alcohol over this area until portions of the previous layer peered through. Look for more of these color pieces in days to come. It also gives me opportunity to include more expressive and gestural writing. Just something to try or think about.

Please contact me personally to inquire about this piece.