After experimenting with many styles of abstraction, these are the ones I derive pleasure from. As I apply paint I think of people, animals, organisms — each one occupying space, responding to neighbours, navigating as best they can.

Music and Just Painting styles work differently - with one, each brush stroke responds to sounds and tempo, the other is pure intuition and emotion.

Painting with red strokes creating a grid pattern over a white background with abstract shapes and scribbles.

music

Abstract painting with multicolored curly and arc-shaped brushstrokes in red, blue, green, yellow, purple, white, and beige, layered chaotically on a canvas.

shared existence

Abstract oil painting with bold strokes of yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue, and green colors.

just painting

Abstract painting with black, white, and red curved shapes and textured surface.

living forms

Abstract painting with colorful rectangular blocks in red, yellow, blue, green, black, and orange.

getting along

Abstract painting with horizontal bands of color: gray, yellow, green, blue, orange, red, and light brown.

available art

Abstract painting with vertical brush strokes in blue, white, red, black, and hints of yellow and purple.

material friction

A dining table set with glassware, napkins, and decorative paper flowers, against a wall with three abstract paintings featuring red and black shapes.