What do the lines represent?

January 2022

Have you wondered what the lines represent in my paintings? Here is a running list of what I am referencing (and what is inspiring me).

Detail of “Rocky Road”, 2019-2021

• Trails- footpaths old and new, forgotten trails, buried trails, short cuts, long cuts, trails yet to be battened down

• Edges of shadows- from clouds or layers of mountains in the foreground

• Tree lines

Detail of “Host Rock”, 2020

• Stacked elevations of land, plants, or water in a landscape

• Ridge lines of hills, mountains, or cliffs

• Time passed or passing or dawning

Detail of “Taller Ghosts”, 2019

• High meadows or fields

• Water, creek beds, tributaries

• Old roads

• Maps

Detail of "Perennials and Emerald Views", 2021

• New growth of plants - sage, brush, grasses, forests

• Rocks- formations, shapes, edges, inclusions, reflections

• Diagrams of prehistoric rock layers

  And of course, earlier artwork.

  I used to make text-based works. Line is the consistent element in all my work. The line used to loop, drop, and overlap each other to spell things out. They contracted to the point where the words were nearly unreadable. Now the line is stretched out and calmer.

Detail of “Granite Peaks”, 2019