Chandelier Series

Freed Painting is about liberating paint from the canvas surface so it can exist in three-dimensional space.  Slowly, as I evolve and progress with the process, paint is moving away from the wall, projecting itself further and further out into space with series like the Of Heaven and Earth Series and the Levels Series.  Now, with the Chandelier Series, paint cuts all ties with the wall and exists in open space.  The paintings of the Chandelier Series hang from the ceiling and are viewed in the round, 360 degrees of viewing. 

The Chandelier Series combines innovation and beauty to produce paintings that have never existed before.  The acrylic mediums render crystal like effects making the paintings sumptuous visual experiences.  The ability to walk around each painting provides viewers with unprecedented access and opportunity to enjoy paintings in a new way. 

I am reminded of Dale Chihuly’s glass chandeliers that he hung over a number of canals in Venice, Italy.  The combination of brilliance and fragility stood out to me juxtaposed against the ancient architecture of Venice.  My Chandelier paintings are more durable than Chihuly’s glasswork, but they possess the same glimmer and brilliance that dazzles the eye and ignites the imagination.